Baseball Team Honored for Academic Excellence for 5th Year

For the fifth year in a row, the Morristown-Beard School varsity baseball team has been selected to receive the Team Academic Excellence Award from the American Baseball Coaches Association.

This year’s award was presented to only 146 schools nationwide and just three schools in New Jersey — Morristown-Beard School, Newark Academy, and New Providence. To be eligible, high school teams had to be current ABCA members with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale during the 2019-2020 academic year.

“I’m very proud of how well the entire team did academically. These players have been committed to the program’s priority on academics and have made it a goal each season,” said Head Coach John Sheppard. “Five years in a row is a tribute to our dedicated faculty. I want to publicly congratulate our faculty and the 2020 baseball program for distinguishing themselves among the most prestigious programs in the nation. Thanks to the committed faculty at Morristown-Beard School, our student-athletes are able to achieve such honors.”             

The 2020 Morristown-Beard School varsity baseball team was under the direction of Head Coach John Sheppard along with assistant coaches Joe DeKasar, Ken Monteith, Tom Moore, Scott Schroeder, and Eric Shea.

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/Diamond Regional & National Coaches of the Year and several other awards including the ABCA Hall of Fame and Ethics in Coaching Award.