Official Release
 
The American Baseball Coaches Association is proud to recognize over 580 college and high school programs from across the country who have been awarded the 2020-21 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award. Butler earned the distinction with a 3.102 GPA during the 2020-21 academic year.
 
Teams from every level of college and high school baseball were honored with this year's award, which highlights programs coached by ABCA members that posted a GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale.
 
Over 200 high school programs and more than 380 collegiate programs were recognized with this year's award. Coaches were able to nominate their teams for the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award following the conclusion of their spring semester.
 
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-America 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.