Murray State baseball honored by American Baseball Coaches Association

Murray State baseball is part of the honors given for the 2024-25 American Baseball Coaches Association Team Academic Excellence Award, as announced by the ABCA.

The ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award honors all levels of collegiate and high school baseball. A team that has a GPA 3.0, or higher makes the team.

The Racers achieved at a high level in the classroom as they did on the field in the 2025 season. Under the leadership of Murray State head coach Dan Skirka and his staff, the Racers advanced to the program's first College World Series appearance in 86 seasons of the program, after winning the Missouri Valley Conference regular season championship, MVC tournament championship and both the Oxford Regional and Durham Super Regional in the NCAA Tournament.

Skirka was named to the Mike Martin Award by the National College Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and he was the MVC Coach of the Year.  Additionally, he was the ABCA Co-Midwest Coach of the Year.