GREENSBORO, N.C. (July 25, 2025) – The Whittier College baseball team has been recognized by The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) for the Team Academic Excellence Award for an incredible 10th consecutive season.
ABCA Release
The ABCA recognized over 800 member college and high school programs from across the United States this season, with an award that is designed to highlight member institutions that posted a GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale for the cumulative 2023-24 academic year.
Even with the departure of 2024 Presidential Scholar-Athlete and D3Baseball All-American
Teige Barrett, the Poets still managed to smash the ABCA's benchmark. Over those 10 years, the Poets have recently begun to find a similar level of consistency on the field, notching at least nine SCIAC wins for the third time in the last three years, though they will surely be looking to break into the SCIAC's five-team playoff mix in 2026.
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.
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