2022-23 ABCA TEAM ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD


NOMINATION FORM


The purpose of the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award is to honor and bring acknowledgement to outstanding performances of coaches and student-athletes who achieve high academic success in the classroom.

Criteria:

  • The Head Baseball Coach must be a current ABCA member.
  • A member of the team's coaching staff or administration must nominate team no later than Thursday, July 13, 2023. Late nominations will not be awarded a certificate but will be added to the ABCA website.
  • Contact information for the institution's academic personnel (Academic Advisor, Compliance Director, Athletic Director, Academic Guidance Counselor or Principal) must be provided for verification.

Requirements:

  1. All student-athletes who used a season of eligibility or competed in any dates of varsity competition during the traditional baseball season must be included in team's cumulative grade point average (GPA) calculation.

  2. Team must have a minimum cumulative team GPA of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale), a 3.75 (on a 5.00 scale) or an 83 (on a 100 point scale) for the 2022-23 academic year. Include either semesters or all quarters. DO NOT round up to 3.0 or 3.00. E.g., 2.98 does equal 3.00. Computed by the following method:
  • Total the cumulative number of semester hours or quarter hours earned including the most recent grading period;
  • Total the cumulative number of grade points earned including the most recent grading period;
  • Divide the cumulative number of grade/quality points earned by the cumulative number of semester/quarter hours earned.

Announcement & Recognition:

The ABCA will announce all of the recipients of the 2022-23 Team Academic Excellence Award on their website on July 26. Certificates will be printed in August and mailed to each head coach at the mailing address associated with their ABCA account.

You must be logged into your ABCA account to access the 2022-23 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award Nomination Form! Sign In
If you are Academic Personnel submitting the nomination form on behalf of your head coach and you do not already have an ABCA account, click Sign In, then click Create a New Account.
Once you've created and saved your account information, complete and save the form below. (Membership is NOT required for Academic Personnel)

Once you've completed all the required fields in the form below, click the "Save" button to submit your nomination. A green alert bar will appear at the top of this page that says "Successfully updated" confirming your submission. **Please note you may have to scroll back up to the top of the page to see the green alert bar.**
Once you've completed all the required fields in the form above, click the "Save" button to submit your nomination. A green alert bar will appear at the top of this page that says "Successfully updated" confirming your submission. **Please note you may have to scroll back up to the top of the page to see the green alert bar.**