2022 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award
MENOMONIE (July 27, 2022) - The UW-Stout baseball team was recognized for their work in the classroom by the American Baseball Coaches Association by receiving the 2022 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, presented by Sports Attack.
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 entire 2021-22 academic year.
More than 420 collegiate programs and more than 250 high school programs were recognized with this year's award. Three teams from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) received the award - UW-Stout, UW-Platteville and UW-Whitewater.
To be honored, teams had to meet the following criteria: 1) Must be a high school or college team. 2) Head coach must be a current ABCA member. 3) Team must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 on a 4.0 scale during the 2021-22 academic year.
Members of the 2022 team include:
Jace Baumann,
Cooper Beving,
Riley Boushack,
Brock Burg,
Drew Buss,
TJ Carlson,
Dak Doyle,
Jacoby Endreas,
Vinnie Fonti,
Alex Foss,
Quintin Gonzalez,
Parker Hagebock,
Colin Hageman,
Nolan Harke,
Connor Hemme,
Ryan Herbst,
Chase Higgins,
Luke Kallod,
Marty Kiernan,
Ethan Kjellberg,
Tim Kohls,
Reece Lucas,
Trevor Miller,
Drew Ries,
Jack Schirpke,
Justin Schnell,
Justin Sedin,
Tristan Stark,
Charlie Szykowny,
Joel Thimsen,
Cody Urban,
Reese Vold,
Paul Weise,
Levi Wilson. The Blue Devils are coached by
Ben Kincaid and assisted by
Zach Bayreuther,
Nathan Kilness and
Ryan Christenson.
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 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.
About Sports Attack
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