GREENSBORO, NC – Portland Pilots Baseball was recognized by the American Baseball Coaches Association with a 2023-24 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award. The Pilots were one of 470 teams to earn the honor.
To qualify, a high school or college program must have a head coach that is an ABCA member while posting a team GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale or higher. In the fall, Portland baseball posted their highest ever team GPA at 3.59, saw Nick Brink and Carter Gaston make the WCC All-Academic First Team, had five players earn CSC Academic All-District honors in Brink, Gaston, Tanner Douglas, Ben Patacsil and Sam Stuhr and had Brink earn CSC Academic All-American honors.