ECU Baseball Notches 11th-Straight ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award
July 22, 2026 | Baseball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina Baseball program has received the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Excellence for a commendable 11th-straight year, announced by the organization Wednesday.
This year's award recipients include nearly 500 college programs and more than 320 high school programs.
To qualify, a program was required to meet the following criteria:
ECU baseball compiled a 3.72 cumulative GPA for the 2025-26 season, tying the program-best that was set with the 2024-25 crew.
Under Godwin, a two-time Academic All-America selection as a player at ECU, the Pirates have had upwards of 400 student-athletes on the East Carolina Director of Athletics Honor Roll (3.0 GPA or higher). In his 12 seasons as head coach, the East Carolina baseball program has averaged over a 3.40 cumulative GPA since the fall of 2017, with the past four seasons the team consistently averaging over a 3.50 cumulative GPA.
ECU has also earned ten consecutive American Conference Team Academic Excellence Awards and has held the highest team GPA of all baseball programs in the American since the 2015-16 academic year. Eight players have earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America honors since 2016 (Travis Watkins/2016 first team, Charlie Yorgen/2016 third team, Jake Agnos/2019 first team, Alec Burleson/2019 third team and 2020 first team, Matt Bridges/2021 third team, Carter Cunningham/2024 first team and Trey Yesavage/2024 first team), with the addition of Jack Herring in the 2026 season (third team).
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.
This year's award recipients include nearly 500 college programs and more than 320 high school programs.
To qualify, a program was required to meet the following criteria:
- Be a high school or college baseball program
- Have a head coach who is a current ABCA member
- Post a minimum cumulative team GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for the 2025-26 academic year
ECU baseball compiled a 3.72 cumulative GPA for the 2025-26 season, tying the program-best that was set with the 2024-25 crew.
Under Godwin, a two-time Academic All-America selection as a player at ECU, the Pirates have had upwards of 400 student-athletes on the East Carolina Director of Athletics Honor Roll (3.0 GPA or higher). In his 12 seasons as head coach, the East Carolina baseball program has averaged over a 3.40 cumulative GPA since the fall of 2017, with the past four seasons the team consistently averaging over a 3.50 cumulative GPA.
ECU has also earned ten consecutive American Conference Team Academic Excellence Awards and has held the highest team GPA of all baseball programs in the American since the 2015-16 academic year. Eight players have earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America honors since 2016 (Travis Watkins/2016 first team, Charlie Yorgen/2016 third team, Jake Agnos/2019 first team, Alec Burleson/2019 third team and 2020 first team, Matt Bridges/2021 third team, Carter Cunningham/2024 first team and Trey Yesavage/2024 first team), with the addition of Jack Herring in the 2026 season (third team).
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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