BU Baseball collects sixth-straight ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award
July 23, 2025

BU Baseball collects sixth-straight ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The American Baseball Coaches' Association (ABCA) recognized the Bellevue University baseball team today as the Bruins earned the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award for the fifth consecutive season.

It marked the sixth-straight season, and seventh time overall, the Bruins have earned the ABCA/Sports Attack Team Academic Excellence Award.

Bellevue was one of 36 NAIA schools to receive the honor.

Teams from every level of college and high school baseball were honored with this year's award, highlighting programs coached by ABCA members that posted a GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale for the entire 2024-25 academic year.

This year's award recognized over 350 high school programs and more than 470 collegiate programs.

Coaches were able to nominate their teams for the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award following the conclusion of their spring semesters before 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
  • The team must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 on a 4.0 scale during the 2023-24 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-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.

About Sports Attack:

Sports Attack was founded in 1995 in Reno, NV, but our design and manufacturing folks pre-date the first wheel machines in the baseball industry well over 50 years ago. SA is proudly family-owned and operated with three active partners still heavily engaged. To say that we are manufacturers of quality sports training equipment just seems not to capture the essence of who we are. We do not just design our products; we explore, scrutinize, analyze and engineer our products. We do not just manufacture or assemble our equipment; we build each one from the ground up, by hand, the old-fashioned way. We view our suppliers through the lens of our mission statement, as a critical part of the design and development of our equipment. After fabrication and prior to shipment the equipment is tested thoroughly, every aspect of every unit. This ensures the product reliability on which our brand is built. Our process represents who we are; distinctive and exclusive design, detailed and quality manufacturing, resulting in innovative, highly effective training equipment. Our corporate integrity is a critical asset, and we are committed to upholding it worldwide. We set high standards and we abide by them as we practice business fairly and behave ethically. We wholeheartedly believe in, enthusiastically embrace and relentlessly pursue our company's mission. For more information, visit sportsattack.com.

Bellevue finished the 2025 season with a 40-15 overall record, going 19-1 in NSAA play to capture both the regular season and tournament titles for the third-straight season. The Bruins made their 27th appearance in the NAIA National Tournament when they played in the Opening Round – Upland Bracket.