EVANSVILLE, Ind. – On the heels of a strong season both on the diamond and in the classroom, the University of Evansville baseball team has earned the 2022-23 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award, which is presented by Sports Attack.

Evansville ranked as one of 130 Division I men's baseball teams, and one of 450 collegiate baseball teams overall to earn the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, after posting a team grade point average of 3.382 during the course of the 2022-23 academic year, including a 3.399 team GPA during the spring 2023 semester.

The ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award honors both high school and college programs coached by ABCA members that post a cumulative GPA over 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.  The ABCA 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.

The Purple Aces finished the 2023 season with a 37-24 overall record and advanced to the finals of the 2023 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.