Blue Volleyball Earns 2019-20 USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The United State Marine Corps (USMC) and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced the 1,314 teams that have earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2019-2020 season, topping last year’s record by almost 200 teams. 232 programs received Team Academic honors for the first time in 2020, including the Wellesley College volleyball team.
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, honoring teams who have matched their dedication to the sport of volleyball with excellence in the classroom. In all three NCAA Women’s Divisions, over 50% of the membership won the award, including 53% in DIII.
Four memebrs of the Blue volleyball team, Meghan Shoop '20, Nikki Jensen (Castro Valley, Calif.), Nicole Doerges (San Marino, Calif.) and Tiffany Shou (San Jose, Calif.) earned NEWMAC Academic All-Conference honors during the 2019 season, as the Blue posted a 23-6 overall record and advanced to the Regional Semifinals of the NCAA Division III Volleyball Championship.
The official AVCA press release with the total list of schools can be found at https://www.avca.org/awards/
The AVCA, with its headquarters in Lexington, Ky., is managed by Associations International. The mission of the AVCA is to advance the sport of volleyball with AVCA coaches at the epicenter of leadership, advocacy and professional development. With a membership of over 8,000 and counting, the AVCA provides a professional network for those individuals and companies dedicated to enhancing and promoting the sport.