JACKSON, Tennessee – The Union University baseball team earned the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award for the 2023 season.

According to a press release from Steven Aldridge -Union’s Associate Director of Athletics – the ABCA recognized over 750 high school and collegiate programs from across the country with the 2022-23 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award. Teams from every level of college and high school baseball were honored with this year’s award, which highlights programs coached by ABCA members that posted a team GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale for the entire 2022-23 academic year. 

Over 300 high school programs and more than 450 collegiate programs were recognized with this year’s award.

Union Baseball is ramping up for another season of baseball at Fesmire Field.

Union opens up the spring season in Georgia, Feb. 4, 2024, against Young Harris College.

Baseball will return to Fesmire Field when the Bulldogs to face Lane College in Union’s home opener at 4 p.m., February 6, 2024.