GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Spring Hill College (SHC) baseball team has earned recognition on the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) 2019-2020 Academic Excellence Awards list for the 2019-20 academic year.

Teams from every level of college and high school baseball were honored with this year's award, which highlights programs coached by ABCA members that posted a GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale for the entire 2019-20 academic year.

SHC accumulated a team GPA of 3.38 over the 2019-20 term.

Nominated by their head coaches, a record 446 college and high school programs submitted nominations and received this year's award. In total, 146 high school teams along with 300 programs from the NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, and Junior College levels were recognized.

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 2019-20 academic year.

The ABCA has a long tradition of recognizing the achievements of baseball coaches and student-athletes that began in 1949 with the ABCA All-America Awards.