GREENSBORO, N.C. – For the tenth consecutive year, the Gardner-Webb baseball team earned the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, announced on Wednesday, July 23.
 
Teams from every level of college and high school baseball were honored with this year's award, which highlights programs coached by ABCA members that posted a GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale for the entire 2024-25 academic year. More than 440 college programs were honored this season.
 
The Gardner-Webb baseball team earned a 3.63 cumulative GPA during the 2024-25 academic year. The Runnin' Bulldogs have earned the ABCA honor in every season under Head Coach Jim Chester.

Gardner-Webb was one of three Big South programs to earn the award. 
 
The American Baseball Coaches Association, headquartered in nearby Greensboro, has a long tradition of recognizing the achievements of baseball coaches and student-athletes. The ABCA/Rawlings All-America Teams are the nation's oldest, founded in 1949. The ABCA's awards program also includes the ABCA/ATEC Regional and National Coaches of the Year and several other major awards – including the ABCA Hall of Fame and Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award.
 
For more information on Gardner-Webb baseball, including information on baseball camps at Gardner-Webb this summer, fans can head over to gwusports.com. Also follow the team on X at @GWUBaseball or on Instagram at @gwubaseball.