TAMPA (August 1, 2022) – The American Baseball Coaches Association has announced its 2022 recipients of the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, honoring the University of South Florida Bulls for the third consecutive year.
The ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award is earned by programs that are coaches by ABCA members and post a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or better for the entire 2021-22 academic year.
South Florida is one of five American Athletic Conference baseball teams to earn the award.
About USF Baseball
The USF Baseball program played its first season in 1966 and is entering its 58th season in 2023 under head coach Billy Mohl (sixth season). The Bulls have made 14 NCAA Tournament appearances, including four since 2015, and earned their first-ever Super Regional berth in 2021. USF was ranked in the Top 25 by five different publications in the final 2021 polls, checking in as high as No. 16. The Bulls have won five conference tournament titles (3 Sun Belt, 1 Metro and 1 American) and six regular season championships (3 Sun Belt, 2 Metro and 1 C-USA). USF baseball players have been recognized with All-America honors 12 times, most recently with third baseman David Villar in 2018, and 18 have earned Freshman All-America accolades, most recently Drew Brutcher and Carmine Lane in 2021. Four players were selected in the 2018 MLB Draft, including the program's fourth first-round selection in pitcher Shane McClanahan, who became the program's first-ever MLB All-Star in 2022.
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