WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ā Purdue baseball's 3.09 team grade-point average during the 2021-22 school year earned the program special mention from the American Baseball Coaches Association as the Boilermakers were on the list of Team Academic Excellence Award recipients.
The ABCA recognizes college and high school teams around the country that make the grade to the tune of 3.0-plus cumulative GPAs for the academic year.
The Boilermakers' cumulative GPA held strong at 3.09 after the spring semester came to a close, maintaining the mark through the challenges associated with balancing academic commitments with the busy 56-game schedule from mid-February to late May.
Individual academic honors this year were headlined by Jackson Smeltz being recognized as an Academic All-America honoree, Purdue's first in baseball since 2001. Smeltz was also among the program's four Big Ten Distinguished Scholars and 19 Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Tanner Haston, Tyler Powers and Troy Viola were on both lists as well.
Purdue had 23 players earn 3.0-plus GPAs during the 2021-22 school year. Smeltz and Viola both had flawless 4.0s. By semester, 12 players had 3.5-plus GPAs in the fall and 10 achieved the same mark in the spring.
Thirteen Boilermakers graduated during the 2021-22 school year ā four in the fall, eight in the spring and Viola is in line to earn his master's degree in just one year later this summer. Spring graduates Ricky Castro, Ryan Howe, Haston, Powers and Smeltz all closed out their Purdue careers as three-time Academic All-Big Ten honorees.
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The ABCA recognizes college and high school teams around the country that make the grade to the tune of 3.0-plus cumulative GPAs for the academic year.
The Boilermakers' cumulative GPA held strong at 3.09 after the spring semester came to a close, maintaining the mark through the challenges associated with balancing academic commitments with the busy 56-game schedule from mid-February to late May.
Individual academic honors this year were headlined by Jackson Smeltz being recognized as an Academic All-America honoree, Purdue's first in baseball since 2001. Smeltz was also among the program's four Big Ten Distinguished Scholars and 19 Academic All-Big Ten honorees. Tanner Haston, Tyler Powers and Troy Viola were on both lists as well.
Purdue had 23 players earn 3.0-plus GPAs during the 2021-22 school year. Smeltz and Viola both had flawless 4.0s. By semester, 12 players had 3.5-plus GPAs in the fall and 10 achieved the same mark in the spring.
Thirteen Boilermakers graduated during the 2021-22 school year ā four in the fall, eight in the spring and Viola is in line to earn his master's degree in just one year later this summer. Spring graduates Ricky Castro, Ryan Howe, Haston, Powers and Smeltz all closed out their Purdue careers as three-time Academic All-Big Ten honorees.
Thank you @PurdueBaseball for the extremely generous donation of pants and shirts. We've already given out more than 50 pairs to low-income players today. pic.twitter.com/ydDMVf1E8K
ā Goods4Greatness (@Goods4Greatness) July 25, 2022
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