Blue Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic Award, Honor Roll Distinction
LEXINGTON, KY — Wellesley College volleyball has earned the 2021-22 United States Marine Corps and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (USMC/AVCA) Team Academic Award. In addition to earning the 2022 USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award, the Blue have also earned the AVCA's Honor Roll distinction, recognizing the top 20% of team GPAs in NCAA Division III.
More than 1,200 collegiate and high school volleyball teams earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award this season. The award, initiated in the 1992–93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale. Wellesley has now earned the honor for three consecutive seasons dating back to 2020.
The AVCA, an educationally based nonprofit headquartered in Lexington, KY, is the largest and most diverse volleyball coaches' association in the world. With a broad mandate to develop the sport, the AVCA provides leadership, recognition, advocacy, and professional development opportunities to over 8,000 volleyball coaches. Members include college, high school, club, and youth coaches, and well as a wide variety of product and service providers.
Wellesley Athletics strives for excellence at the conference, regional, and national levels, while providing opportunities for students to achieve their potential and learn the values of discipline, leadership, critical thinking, and responsibility to oneself and others.