GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Millsaps baseball program succeeded on the field as well as the classroom this past season earning the American Baseball Coaches Association's Team Academic Excellence Award for the 2021-22 school year.
The Majors tallied a cumulative GPA of 3.17 and were among total 420 NCAA institutions to earn the honor. The Southern Athletic Association saw six teams make the list: Berry, Birmingham-Southern, Centre, Millsaps, Rhodes and Sewanee.
Criteria for the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award include:
- Must be a high school or college team
- Head coach must be a current ABCA member
- Team must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale during the 2021-22 academic year
The Majors reached the SAA Championship Series and head coach
Jim Page earned SAA Coach of the Year recognition. A total of eight student-athletes were also named to the All-SAA Team.
About the ABCA
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 Sports Regional & National Coaches of the Year and several other major awards such as the ABCA Hall of Fame and Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award.
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