THE FLATS – For its terrific performance in the classroom, Georgia Tech baseball joined 94 Division I programs and just 19 Power 5 programs in earning the 2020-21 American Baseball Coaches Association’s Team Academic Excellence Award, the ABCA announced Thursday.
The ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award is earned by programs that post a grade-point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale for the entire 2020-21 academic year.
One of five programs from the Atlantic Coast Conference to receive the award, the Yellow Jackets led all men’s teams at Georgia Tech with a program-record 3.43 team GPA, while also winning their second-straight ACC Coastal Division title. En route to the program-record GPA, Tech had five Jackets selected to the ACC’s All-Academic Team, recording 3.0 GPA’s for the semester while maintaining a 3.0 cumulative GPA as well – Brant Hurter, Tres Gonzalez, Andrew Jenkins, Kevin Parada, and Luke Waddell.
On the field, the Yellow Jackets finished the season ranked No. 22 nationally after finishing 31-25 on the year and 21-15 in the ACC. Georgia Tech earned its 33rd NCAA Regional berth when it traveled to Nashville to battle to the regional final against then-No. 4 national seed Vanderbilt where it fell in extra innings.
Alexander-Tharpe Fund
The Alexander-Tharpe Fund is the fundraising arm of Georgia Tech athletics, providing scholarship, operations and facilities support for Georgia Tech’s 400-plus student-athletes. Be a part of developing Georgia Tech’s Everyday Champions and helping the Yellow Jackets compete for championships at the highest levels of college athletics by supporting the Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund, which directly provides scholarships for Georgia Tech student-athletes. To learn more about supporting the Yellow Jackets, visit atfund.org.
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