GREENSBORO, N.C. – The TCNJ baseball team earned the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award for 2020-21, announced this week by the ABCA.
 
Teams needed to surpass a 3.0 GPA for the 2020-21 academic year, and the Lions breezed past that requirement. TCNJ baseball players posted a 3.23 GPA in the fall semester, and the team improved to a 3.29 GPA during the spring semester, its competition season.
 
The Lions were one of just four teams in the NJAC to earn the honor. The Lions advanced to the NJAC Tournament semifinals in 2021, giving the Lions multiple victories in the NJAC Tournament for the fifth time in the last six seasons.
 
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.