Volleyball Team Garners Academic Award

Jul 18, 2018

The California University of Pennsylvania volleyball program was selected as a recipient of the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award.

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The award, which was initiated in the 1992-1993 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 (GPA) on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.
 
The AVCA Team Academic Award is the single largest award offered by quantity of schools, players and coaches honored. Since the 2000-2001 season, the number of recipients has increased every single year but two, while amassing a 619-team increase over the span of the last decade. Since the award's inception in 1993, the amount of award winners has increased from 62 to its current number of 973.
 
The Vulcans were one of eight teams from Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference to receive the academic award for the AVCA for the 2017-2018 academic year.
 
Cal U begins the 2018 campaign at the Raven First Serve Invitational in Rindge, New Hampshire, from Aug. 24-25.

— Courtesy of Cal U Athletics