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Volleyball Honored by AVCA
DENTON
-- The Texas Woman's University volleyball team was one of
31 NCAA
Division II squads to receive the American
Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for
the 2003-04 academic year.
TWU
was the only Lone Star Conference member to gain the recognition,
which goes to teams that displayed excellence
in the classroom by maintaining at
least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average during the school year.
Recipients
of the award range from NCAA Division I institutions to high
school girls’ and boys’ teams. The college
ranks produced 161 programs that met the requirements for the
award. This year marked the most awards earned in Division
II (31), Division III (48) and NAIA (27).
Altogether, the AVCA named a record-number 304 volleyball
programs as recipients of the 2003-04 award, bettering the
previous high of 205 in 2002-03. The record increase represents
a 48.3 percent jump in just one year.
"The AVCA Team Academic Award captures the true essence
of the student-athlete, and the AVCA is honored to recognize
these schools for 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 for the third year in a row."
Some of
this year’s award recipients achieved success
on the court in addition the classroom. A total of 36 teams
that earned the 2003-04 AVCA Team Academic Award also earned
a berth in their respective collegiate postseason tournaments.
TWU certainly fit that category as the 2003 Pioneers posted
an 8-2 conference record to gain a share of the LSC North Division
championship and qualify for the LSC Postseason Tournament.
The Pioneers, who finished with a 16-19 overall mark, enjoyed
a 12-match winning streak in October.
TWU will receive a plaque and each player a certificate commemorating
the designation.
Following is a list of the NCAA Division II programs that
earned the 2003-04 AVCA Team Academic Award:
NCAA Division II Teams (31):
University of Alabama-Huntsville
Bellarmine University
Catawba College
Central Missouri State University
Chadron State College
Clarion University
Concordia University
Drury University
Emporia State University
Harding University
Hillsdale College
Lewis University
Mesa State College
Metro State College
Michigan Tech University
University of Minnesota Duluth
Missouri Western State College
University of Nebraska-Omaha
University of North Dakota
North Dakota State University
University of Northern Colorado
Northern Kentucky University
Northern State University
Pittsburg State University
Regis University
University of South Dakota
Southern Arkansas University
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
St. Mary's University (Texas)
Texas Woman's University
Wayne State College (Neb.)
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