CLAREMORE, Okla. – For the fifth time in six years, the Rogers State baseball program earned the American Baseball Coaches Association Team Academic Excellence Award.
The Hillcats turned in a 3.10 team grade point average for the year. Coaches nominate their teams for the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award following the conclusion of their spring semester. 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 2020-21 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-America 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.
