PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The JWU (Providence) baseball team has been awarded the 2023-24
American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award, which is presented by Sports Attack.
Nearly 350 high school programs and more than 470 collegiate programs were recognized with this year's award, which highlights programs coached by ABCA members that posted a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale for the entire 2022-23 academic year.
The Wildcats posted a 27-13 record in 2024 and advanced to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) championship contest for the fifth-consecutive season. JWU secured a pair of wins over Top 25 opponents as they opened the season with a 9-8 win over No. 12 Rowan and later knocked of No. 23 Roger Williams by a score of 9-3 on April 17.
A total of 20 student-athletes from the baseball program were named to the GNAC Academic All-Conference Team, which requires a GPA of 3.25:
Carlo Acquisto, Jr.,
Zachary Amero,
Jake Berger,
Nick Calenda,
Alex Coutcher,
PJ Daniels,
Ryan Ducey,
Nicolas Fortes,
Garrett Fusco,
Peter Gianquinto,
Riley Hasson,
Trevor Juan,
Gus Lappin,
EJ Leone,
Justin Markell,
Jack Obert,
Max Randazzo,
Ryan Schultz,
Aidan Vining, and
Brady Waterman.
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. To be honored, teams must be a high school or college team, have a head coach who is a current ABCA member, and 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.
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