--Daytona Beach, FL

 The 2017-2018 Daytona State baseball team has set themselves up to be one of the best academic teams in program history. The team posted an impressive 3.82 team cummulative GPA during the 2017 Fall Semester. This is following the Daytona State program recieveing its 11th consecutive NJCAA Academic Team of the Year Award last spring. There were 15 student athletes on the Falcon baseball team that earned a perfect 4.0 GPA over the fall semester. The lowest GPA earned by any of the 26 players on the roster was a 3.5. 

Head Coach Tim Touma, who is entering his 17th season leading the Falcon program, was asked about his team's semester, 

"We have a special group of young men that have placed a great deal of importance on their performance, not just on the baseball field, but in the classroom as well." 

Coach Touma continued, "With the direction from our Athletic Director Will Dunne and our Academic Advisor Cynthia Iafanti we are able to provide these young men with an enviornment that is conducive to success in the classroom and more importantly, in life."