Women's Volleyball | 7/22/2020 9:02:02 AM
Alfred University, Elmira College, Houghton College, Russell Sage College and St. John Fisher College women’s volleyball teams earned the United States Marine Corps (USMC)/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2019-20 season.
A total of 1,313 teams from NCAA, NAIA, Two-Year Colleges and high school organizations earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2019-2020 season, topping last year’s record by almost 200 teams. A remarkable total of 232 programs received Team Academic honors for the first time in 2020, while 53 percent of all Division III women’s volleyball programs were honored.
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.
St. John Fisher also garnered AVCA Team Academic Honor Roll accolades for posting one of the top 50 team GPAs in Division III during the 2019-20 season.
2019-20 USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award Recipients (Empire 8 Institutions)
Alfred University
Elmira College
Houghton College
Russell Sage College
St. John Fisher College
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