Volleyball Earns USMC/AVCA Academic Award
7/20/2020 2:28:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.– The United State Marine Corps (USMC) and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced today that 1,313 teams have earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2019-2020 season, topping last year's record by almost 200 teams.
The Indiana volleyball team achieved a combined grade point average of 3.42 for the 2019-20 academic year. The team had nine student-athletes with better than a 3.5 GPA.
"Coaches have the most influence during difficult times," said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. "Keeping student-athletes focused on their academic success when their volleyball identity was suddenly gone is leadership worth celebrating!"
"I'm proud of our kids for their academic excellence," IU head coach Steve Aird said. "Our support staff and academic advisors provided great support for them and the students showed resiliency in difficult circumstances."
The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale or 4.10 on a 5.0 scale.
In terms of USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award winners by subgroup, girls high school led the way with 461 recipients. In all three NCAA Women's Divisions, over 50% of the membership won the award, led by 68% in DI, 57% in DII and 53% in DIII. In the emerging sport of beach volleyball, 49% of teams won the award and in the fastest growing sector of Collegiate Men, 38 schools were honored, doubling the number from the previous year.
The Indiana volleyball team achieved a combined grade point average of 3.42 for the 2019-20 academic year. The team had nine student-athletes with better than a 3.5 GPA.
"Coaches have the most influence during difficult times," said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. "Keeping student-athletes focused on their academic success when their volleyball identity was suddenly gone is leadership worth celebrating!"
"I'm proud of our kids for their academic excellence," IU head coach Steve Aird said. "Our support staff and academic advisors provided great support for them and the students showed resiliency in difficult circumstances."
The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale or 4.10 on a 5.0 scale.
In terms of USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award winners by subgroup, girls high school led the way with 461 recipients. In all three NCAA Women's Divisions, over 50% of the membership won the award, led by 68% in DI, 57% in DII and 53% in DIII. In the emerging sport of beach volleyball, 49% of teams won the award and in the fastest growing sector of Collegiate Men, 38 schools were honored, doubling the number from the previous year.
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