Marquette University Athletics
Volleyball Earns USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award
7/20/2020 3:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
The Golden Eagles combined for a 3.46 team GPA
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Marquette University volleyball team has earned the United State Marine Corps (USMC) and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2019-20 season, the USMC/AVCA announced on Monday. A record 1,313 teams earned the academic award, topping last year's record by almost 200 teams. 232 programs received Team Academic honors for the first time in 2020.
The Golden Eagles combined for a 3.46 team GPA for the 2019-20 academic year, while the entire team was named to the Athletic Director's honor roll.
The award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that maintain 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.
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 Golden Eagles combined for a 3.46 team GPA for the 2019-20 academic year, while the entire team was named to the Athletic Director's honor roll.
The award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that maintain 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.
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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