Jay Daubenberger

Liberal, KAN. – The Seward County Saints baseball team was able to find a lot of success on the field during the 2023 season and they matched that with their success in the classroom which earned them national recognition, being named a recipient of the 2022-2023 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award. This award acknowledges the top academic performances from every baseball team throughout the NCAA, NJCAA, NAIA, and High School levels with an overall GPA above 3.0. This is the fourth time that Seward County baseball has earned this award, having earned it in 2016, 2019, 2021, and now 2023.

For the second time this year Seward County baseball has been acknowledged for their work in the classroom after being recognized by the NJCAA as one of the best academic teams of the 2022-2023 school year with an average GPA of 3.24. with ten players being named to the NJCAA All-Academic teams including four players who earned First Team honors with a perfect 4.0 GPA average.