ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Macalester College baseball team received the Team Academic Excellence Award from the American Baseball Coaches Association, the organization announced today. The Scots were one of a record 429 college and high school programs to earn the award this year.

In order to be honored, teams must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher for the 2019-20 academic year. Last month, 10 Scots were named to the Academic All-MIAC Team: Nathan Levinson (Piedmont, Calif./Piedmont), Kieran Liming (Alpharetta, Ga./South Forsyth), rising seniors Alex Denzler (New York, N.Y./Trevor Day School), Zach Fried (Tai Tam, Hong Kong/Hong Kong International School), Cooper Jensen (Washington, D.C./The Field School), Andrew Polk (San Mateo, Calif./St. Ignatius College Prep) and Jack Sahargun (Coto de Caza, Calif./Tesoro), and rising juniors Will Moscato (Berkeley, Calif./Berkeley), Anthony Palma (Mooresville, N.C./Lake Norman) and Louis Silverman (New York, N.Y./Bronx HS of Science).

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/Diamond 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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