The Teays Valley baseball team was recognized on Wednesday by receiving the American Baseball Coaches Association Academic Excellence Award.
The Vikings were one of over 300 high school baseball teams honored across the country for their 3.47 team grade point average.
Coaches were able to nominate their teams for the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award following the conclusion of their spring semesters prior to the nomination deadline of July 13. To be honored, teams had to meet the following criteria:
- Must be a high school or college team
- Head coach must be a current ABCA member
- Team must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 on a 4.0 scale during the 2022-23 academic year
The American Baseball Coaches Association 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, and the ABCA’s awards program also includes the ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Awards, the ABCA/ATEC Regional & National Coaches of the Year and several other major awards such as the ABCA Hall of Fame and the Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award.
The Vikings won 17 games on the diamond this spring and advanced to a district semifinal for the first time since 2015, where they lost a 1-0 heartbreaker to regional runner-up Grove City.
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