Each January, the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) hosts the largest baseball convention in the world. Approximately 4,000 coaches attend the convention, which is held at various locations around the country. The ABCA convention held in Chicago January 3-6, 2013, was a huge success. Mike Scolinos, head baseball coach and athletic director at the College, received the 2012 ABCA 25-Year Coaches Award at the event.
The ABCA is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level. Its over 6,600 members represent all 50 states and 23 countries. Since 1945, Association membership has broadened to include eight divisions - NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA, Junior College, Pacific Association Division, High School and Youth. Go Firebirds!
Saint Katherine College (www.stkath.org) is an undergraduate college of liberal arts and sciences that focuses its integrative teaching in the core subjects of Composition, English Language and Literature, Foreign Language, American Government and History, Economics, Mathematics, and the Sciences in addition to instruction in concentration-specific degree requirements. Outstanding teaching and research—with relevance to the practical world and Christian witness as guiding principles—is the institution’s primary purpose- inquiry seeking wisdom. Saint Katherine College is independent, coeducational, not-for-profit and privately endowed. The College admits students of all religious and faith backgrounds. BA/BS degrees are offered in: Art, Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Economics, English Language and Literature, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, Management Science, Music, Philosophy, Public Health and Policy Studies, and Theology. The College has a 9:1 student to faculty ratio, and of the full-time members of the faculty, all hold either a doctoral degree or the highest degree in their field.