GREENSBORO, N.C. — The San Francisco State baseball team was honored for a fourth consecutive season with the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award, the organization announced.

This year, a 580 college and high school programs received the award for 2020-21. In total, over 200 high school teams along with more than 380 college programs were recognized. SF State is one of 76 NCAA Division II institutions to earn the award, and just one of two CCAA institutions to earn the honor.

To be honored, teams must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 on a 4.0 scale during the 2020-21 academic year, and the head coach much be a current ABCA member.

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.