GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Maryville baseball team was one of 86 NCAA Division II programs to be honored to the American Baseball Coaches Association Team Academic Excellence Award, presented by Sports Attack. 
 
This award recognizes ABCA member teams from all levels of high school and collegiate baseball that achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale during the 2024-25 academic year. This year, 440 college programs and nearly 300 high school programs were recognized for their outstanding academic achievement.
 
The Saints went 29-22 with a 21-10 mark in Great Lakes Valley Conference action, earning a birth to the GLVC tournament.
 
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.