ST. LOUIS – The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) announced on Wednesday (July 23) that the University of Missouri-St. Louis baseball team has earned the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award presented by Sports Attack. The award is given to any collegiate or high school baseball team – coached by a member of the ABCA – that registers at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average for the 2024-25 school year.

UMSL, led by head coach Scott Eul, checked in with a 3.30 GPA last year.

Coaches were able to nominate their teams for the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award following the conclusion of their spring semesters prior to the nomination deadline of July 18. 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 cumulative GPA of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale during the 2024-25 academic year. GPA may not be rounded up.

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/Diamond Regional and National Coaches of the Year and several other major awards such as the ABCA Hall of Fame and the Ethics in Coaching Award.