University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Pitt Baseball Earns 2025-26 Team Academic Excellence Award
7/23/2026 9:07:00 AM | Baseball
PITTSBURGH – The Pitt baseball program was named a recipient of the 2025-26 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, presented by Sports Attack this week.
The award recognizes ABCA member teams from all levels of high school and collegiate baseball that achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale during the 2025-26 academic year.
The Panthers maintained a 3.20 cumulative GPA throughout the 2025-26 academic year. Their 3.29 fall semester GPA was the second-highest semester GPA in program history.
Pitt had 12 student-athletes named to the All-ACC Academic Baseball Team in the spring. It was the third year in a row that the Panthers had at least twelve student-athletes earn Academic All-ACC honors.
INF Kai Wagner led all Panthers represented on the Academic All-ACC list with a 3.813 cumulative GPA throughout the 2025-26 academic year. During the spring semester, OF Derrick Tarpley led the group with a 4.0 GPA.
VIEW 2025-26 RECIPIENTS: https://abca.org/ABCA/Awards/Academic_Excellence/2025-26.aspx
The American Baseball Coaches Association 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, and the ABCA's awards program also includes the ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Awards, the ABCA/ATEC Regional & 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.
About Sports Attack
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