Bulldogs earn ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University baseball team was honored with the 2019-20 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, the organization announced on Wednesday.

Bryant earned the award for the first time since it was created in the 2015-16 season. The Bulldogs were one of 65 Division I programs recognized and just one of two from the Northeast Conference (Long Island) to be honored.

The Bulldogs posted a 3.325 cumulative GPA in 19-20.

Coaches were able to nominate their teams for the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award following the conclusion of their spring semesters prior to the nomination deadline. To be honored, teams had to meet the following criteria:

• Must be a high school or college team
• Head coach must be a current ABCA member
• Team must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 on a 4.0 scale during the 2019-20 academic year (Due to some schools changing to Pass/Fail grading, spring semester grades were not required to be included in the cumulative calculation).

Division I Honorees
Abilene Christian University (TX)
Alabama State University
Arkansas State University
Ball State University (IN)
Baylor University (TX)
Boise State University (ID)
Bradley University (IL)
Bryant University (RI)
Butler University (IN)
Campbell University (NC)
Central Michigan University
Coastal Carolina University (SC)
College of the Holy Cross (MA)
College of William & Mary (VA)
Coppin State University (MD)
Davidson College (NC)
Duke University (NC)
East Carolina University (NC)
Eastern Kentucky University
Florida Atlantic University
Gardner-Webb University (NC)
Georgia Southern University
Georgia Tech
Harvard University (MA)
Hofstra University (NY)
Indiana State University
Lafayette College (PA)
Long Island University (NY)
Longwood University (VA)
McNeese State University (LA)
Mercer University (GA)
Michigan State University
North Carolina Central University
Northern Illinois University
Ohio State University
Oklahoma State University
Old Dominion University (VA)
Oregon State University
Presbyterian College (SC)
Radford University (VA)
Saint Joseph's University (PA)
Samford University (AL)
St. John's University (NY)
The Citadel (SC)
Tulane University (LA)
UNC Wilmington
University of Alabama – Birmingham
University of Cincinnati (OH)
University of Hartford (CT)
University of Illinois
University of Kentucky
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Louisville (KY)
University of Memphis (TN)
University of Missouri
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame (IN) 
University of Portland (OR)
University of South Florida
UNLV
Western Michigan University
Wichita State University (KS)
Winthrop University (NC)
Wright State University (OH)
Youngstown State University (OH)