Baseball Earns ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Adding to its historic 2025 season on the field, the Lander baseball team has been recognized for its success in the classroom as well. The Bearcats were named a recipient of the 2025 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award, marking the third time in the last four seasons they have earned the distinction (2022 and 2024).

Lander posted a 3.39 cumulative GPA for the 2024–25 academic year and had nine student-athletes named to the Peach Belt Conference Team of Academic Distinction.

More than 440 college programs across NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, NAIA, and junior colleges received the award, along with nearly 300 high school teams.

To be eligible, teams must meet the following criteria: be a high school or college program, have a head coach who is a current ABCA member, and post a minimum team GPA of 3.00 on a 4.0 scale for the academic year.

"I'm very proud of our guys for the hard work they put in this year in the classroom," said head coach Jason Burke. "This is a great accomplishment to stack on top of everything this team achieved during the 2025 season."

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