GREENSBORO, N.C. — Dakota Wesleyan Baseball has earned a Team Academic Excellence Award from the American Baseball Coaches Association for the 2026 season and the calendar school year.
The program earned academic honors from the ABCA for maintaining a year-long grade-point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, with the team overall posting a 3.31 GPA on the season. The Tigers were one of only 37 NAIA baseball programs to receive the award from the ABCA, and were among over 500 college programs across all divisions to be recognized. The award marks the fourth-consecutive year that the program has earned such honors dating back to 2023.
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.
You can see the full release from the American Baseball Coaches Association here.