COMPLETE AVCA RELEASE
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Seven West Coast Conference volleyball teams were honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association as recipients of the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2019-20 season, part of a record-breaking 1,313 programs to earn this distinction.
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.
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 more than doubling the total over the last eight academic years. Since the award's inception in 1993, the amount of award winners has increased from 62 to its current number of 1,313.
WCC teams earning the AVCA Team Academic Award for 2019-20:
- Brigham Young
- Pacific
- Pepperdine
- Saint Mary’s
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Santa Clara