The Monmouth College baseball team earned the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Academic Excellence Award for the 2024-25 academic year. The Scots posted a team GPA of 3.04 with 3.00 needed for the ABCA honor.
The Scots, coached by Alan Betourne, have earned the ABCA Academic Excellence Award in each of the last seven seasons. This year, more than 440 college programs and 300 high school programs were recognized for their outstanding academic achievement.
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.
***Courtesy of Nathan Baliva, Monmouth College***