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2018-19 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award

July 25, 2019 – Awarded for their academic success for the second-straight season, the North Central College baseball team earned the Team Academic Excellence Award, given out by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).

The ABCA has been awarding the Team Academic Excellence award for the last four years, awarded to programs coached by ABCA members that posted a GPA over 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for the entire 2018-19 academic year.

A total of 80 NCAA Division III teams were honored this past season, including six of the nine College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) members, as North Central was joined by Carroll University, Elmhurst College, Millikin University, North Park University and Wheaton College.

In total, 302 programs were honored over all college divisions and the high school level, a record number of recipients over the four-year existence of the award.