LUBBOCK, TX — Lubbock Christian University’s baseball team, led by head coach Nathan Blackwood, has been recognized with the American Baseball Coaches Association’s (ABCA) 2023-24 Team Academic Excellence Award.
This award honors high school and college teams that achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, provided the team is coached by a current ABCA member.
Nearly 350 high school programs and more than 470 collegiate programs were recognized with this year's award.
The Chaps capped their season with a 45-16 record, clinched the Lone Star Conference title, and narrowly missed advancing to the NCAA Division II World Series when they fell in the Super Regional to their LSC Rival, Angelo State University.
Lubbock Christian Chaps Baseball
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According to abca.org, 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.
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