LEXINGTON, KY (blugolds.com) — The United States Marine Corps and the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced today that more than 1,200 collegiate and high school volleyball teams have earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award this season. The award, initiated in the 1992–93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire volleyball team was one of eight schools to earn the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award and win a NCAA National Championship this year.
UW-Eau Claire held a 3.57 cumulative GPA during the 2021 season.
A total of 1,213 teams from NCAA Division I to High School were honored this year, including 212 NCAA Division III women's volleyball teams.
The 2021 UWEC Volleyball team earned the program's first ever NCAA Division III National Championship back on November, 20th with a 3-0 victory over Calvin University (Mich.) to capture the Athletic Department's 11th NCAA title since the 2000-01 season. The BLugolds finished the year with a 35-3 record and will begin the 2022-23 season down in San Antonio, TX with the Trinity National Invitational. The tournament hosted by Trinity University (Tx.) begins on September 2nd as UWEC faces off with Berry College (Ga.)
