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PIONEER VOLLEYBALL
TEAM EARNS ACADEMIC AWARD
DENTON, TX--The Texas Woman's University volleyball
team was one of 177 programs who were recipients of the 2001-02
American Volleyball Coaches' Association/Molten Team Academic
Award. TWU was tied for 13th out of 20 Division II schools
with a 3.37 team GPA and is the only representative from Texas
or the Lone Star Conference. The Pioneers previously won the
award during the 1992-93 and 1995-96 academic school years.
“This is a great honor for our team and Texas Woman's
University to achieve. Winning this award is indicative of
the kind of women TWU attracts and the kind of student-athletes
that we try to recruit at this institution,” head coach
Patty Dowdell said. “It is great to have an award that
recognizes the achievements of our players in the classroom.”
The award honors college and high school teams that displayed
excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30
cumulative grade-point average on a 4.0 scale and a 4.10 cumulative
team GPA on a 5.0 scale during the past school year. Nominating
coaches must be AVCA members. The college ranks produced 120
schools that met the requirements for the award. The breakdown
of college representation includes 47 NCAA Division I schools,
20 NCAA Division II schools, 32 NCAA Division III schools,
12 NAIA schools and nine junior college/community colleges.
“The AVCA/Molten Team Academic Award epitomizes the ideal
of the student athlete, and the AVCA is incredibly honored
to recognize these schools for their excellence in the classroom,” Katherine
McConnell, AVCA Executive Director said. “We are especially
pleased to bestow this prestigious award to a record number
of teams this year. The discipline, teamwork and commitment
embodied by both the AVCA coaches and the student-athletes
are a shining example to us all.”
2001/02 AVCA/Molten Team Academic Award -- NCAA Division
II
1. West Virginia Wesleyan College 3.59
2. Tusculum College (Tennessee) 3.56
T3. Ashland University (Ohio) 3.55
T3. University of Nebraska-Omaha 3.55
5. Pittsburg State University (Kansas) 3.49
T6. Augustana College (South Dakota) 3.45
T6.Truman State University (Missouri) 3.45
8. Northwest Missouri State University 3.44
T9. University of Missouri-St. Louis 3.43
T9. Missouri Southern State University 3.43
11. Southwest State University (Minnesota) 3.39
12. University of North Florida 3.38
T13. Harding University (Arkansas) 3.37
T13. Texas Woman's University 3.37
15. Drury University (Missouri) 3.35
16. Western New Mexico University 3.34
17. Kutztown University (Pennsylvania) 3.33
18. North Dakota State University 3.32
T19. Northwood University (Michigan) 3.31
T19. Regis University (Colorado) 3.31
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