Official ABCA Release

TACOMA, Wash. — For the sixth straight year, the Pacific Lutheran University baseball team was honored for its success in the classroom earning the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award.

The Lutes were among the 500 college programs and 320 high school programs to be recognized, including six of the nine Northwest Conference schools. To be eligible, the head coach must be an ABCA member and the team needed a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or better. During the 2025-2026 academic year, the baseball squad tallied a 3.29 cumulative grade point average with 83 percent of the squad boasting a GPA above a 3.0. That included a spring semester while the Lutes compiled a 3.41 GPA. 
 
Joining the Lutes on the ABCA list of award winners is conference rivals George Fox University, Lewis & Clark College, Pacific University, Whitman College, and Willamette University.
 
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.

The Lutes wrapped up the spring with a 14-24 overall record and a 10-14 mark in conference play.