PULLMAN, Wash. (July 26, 2024) – Washington State Baseball earned an ABCA Academic Excellence Award, the American Baseball Coaches Association announced Thursday.
 
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 for the cumulative 2023-24 academic year.
 
The Cougars produced a 3.29 team GPA for the 2023-24 academic year, had a program-record five Academic All-District selections, 17 players were named to the WSU President's Honor Roll and 12 were named to the Pac-12 Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll.
 
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.