BROOKVILLE, N.Y. — The LIU baseball team won regular-season and postseason Northeast Conference titles, earned a spot in an NCAA Regional and had two student-athletes selected by MLB teams in last week's draft.

That success was matched by achievement in the classroom.

For the sixth straight year, the American Baseball Coaches Association has selected LIU for an ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award.

Teams with a 3.0 cumulative GPA for the 2021-22 academic year are eligible for the honor.

"I'm very proud to see this team achieve the ABCA academic award," coach Dan Pirillo said. "We take pride in striving for excellence in the classroom and on the baseball field. To see what this group accomplished on the field all while achieving their goals in the classroom makes me proud."

The ABCA 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.

The ABCA awards program also includes the ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Awards, the ABCA/ATEC Regional and 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.