AVCA recognizes Principia College volleyball for academic excellence
Courtesy of AVCA
7/21/2010 10:33:50 AM
Elsah, Ill. - The Principia College volleyball team logs another AVCA Team Academic Award to the record books. This is the fourth year in a row the team has earned this award. The Principia College volleyball team posted a team GPA of 3.58 for the 2009-2010 academic year, with 6 quarters worth of 4.0 work. Katie Duntley led the way with two 4.0 quarters. Read on for more information regarding this prestigious award straight from AVCA themselves.
“LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 20, 2010) – The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced today that 450 teams have earned the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2009-2010 season. This number once again smashes the previous years’ total of 409 and sets a new all-time high for this award.
The 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.
‘There is no better way to gauge the success of a sport than to track the accomplishments of the people who participate,’ said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. ‘Each of these 450 teams represents 12-15 really smart kids. What a great day for the sport of volleyball!’
ABOUT AVCA
The AVCA, with its headquarters in Lexington, Ky., is managed by IMG Associations, a division of IMG, the world's premier and most diversified sports, entertainment and media company. The mission of the AVCA is to develop and grow the sport of volleyball; with a membership of over 5,000 and counting, the AVCA provides a professional network for those individuals and companies dedicated to enhancing and developing the sport. Members are comprised of national and international coaches, collegiate, high school, club, youth and Olympic coaches, as well as club directors. Other members include former players, officials, media members and other friends of volleyball. As a group, the AVCA is committed to the development, growth, advancement and publicity of volleyball throughout the world. Further information is available at www.avca.org.”
