Complete AVCA Release

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Three Great Midwest Athletic Conference institutions were officially named as recipients of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award.
 
Kentucky Wesleyan College, Ohio Valley University and Ursuline College, all met the criteria for the scholastic achievement during the 2015-16 academic year.
 
A total of 764 high school and collegiate volleyball programs received the award, including 119 at the Division II level. Both numbers indicated new records from the organization.
 
The annual AVCA award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.
 
"Congratulations to the coaches and institutions that won the 2016 AVCA Team Academic Award,” said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. "It is no accident that a volleyball coaches association recognizes academic excellence as a team, rather than an individual, achievement. Players influence each other, both in execution on the court and discipline in the classroom.”
 
Nine total Ohio Valley volleyball student-athletes were part of the G-MAC Academic All-Conference Team that was announced earlier this month. Ursuline totaled four selections to the G-MAC Academic All-Conference Team and Kentucky Wesleyan added three for the 2015-16 academic year.