PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The JWU (Providence) baseball team has been awarded the 2024-25 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award, which is presented by Sports Attack. The award 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 2024-25 academic year.
 
The Wildcats posted a 28-15 record this past season (14-2 GNAC) and swept defending Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Champion Mitchell in the conference finals to move on to the NCAA Tournament at Salisbury University in Maryland. Six Wildcats received all-conference honors, including Aidan Vining, who took home his third GNAC Pitcher of the Year Award. Vining was joined by Trevor Juan on the D3baseball.com All-Region 1 First Team and the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings NCAA Division III Region 1 First Team. Additionally, Owen Davis was named to the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III Region 1 Second Team.
 
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, Nick Calenda, Alex Coutcher, Ryan Ducey, Nicolas Fortes, Garrett Fusco, Trevor Juan, Evan LaMothe, Justin Markell, Jack Obert, Max Randazzo, Ryan Schultz, Jeff Valdez Jimenez, Aidan Vining, and Dylan Young.
 
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 2024-25 academic year. This year, JWU and Colby-Sawyer College were the only two GNAC institutions recognized by 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/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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