The University of Arkansas at Little Rock baseball team was awarded American Baseball Coaches Association Team Academic Excellence honors for the 2020-21 school year for the fifth time in the last six years.
Former Watson Chapel High School standout Hayden Arnold was a key member of the Trojans. Arnold, of Rison, was named the Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year in June. The right-hander went 7-3 overall and posted a 1.54 earned-run average in conference games in 2021.
To be eligible, teams had to post a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher for the 2020-21 academic year.