East Michigan News

The Eastern Michigan University Baseball Team has been awarded the American Baseball Coaches' Association's (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award, as announced on Wednesday, July 24.

The ABCA recognized over 800-member college and high school programs nationwide for the 2023-24 academic year. The award, presented by Sports Attack, honors programs that achieved a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale.

This year, nearly 350 high school programs and more than 470 collegiate programs received the accolade.

Eastern Michigan University's baseball team posted a cumulative GPA of 3.431 for the academic year, with notable performance during the winter semester where 26 members achieved a GPA over 3.0, including three who attained a perfect 4.0.

Several team members have also earned individual academic honors. Nick Chittum, Logan Hugo (Essexville, Mich./Essexville Garber), Bobby Jones (Loveland, Ohio/St. Xavier/Xavier), Blake McRae, Logan Milene, Glenn Miller, Cory Taylor, and Cooper Vance (New Waterford, Ohio/Mohawk) were named Academic All-MAC on June 21. Chittum was recognized for his third consecutive season; Hugo, Miller, and Taylor each received the honor for the second time; while Jones, McRae, and Vance were first-time recipients.

Additionally, Chittum, McRae, Hugo, Miller, and Taylor earned CSC Academic All-District distinctions on June 4 by maintaining GPAs above 3.50 while participating in at least 90% of their team's games.

For further updates on EMU baseball activities and achievements follow their social media accounts: EMU_Baseball on X (formerly Twitter), emu.baseball on Instagram and TikTok.