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AVCA Breaks Another Record With 478 Teams Honored for Academic Excellence
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 20, 2011) – The American Volleyball
Coaches Association (AVCA) announced today that 478 teams have
earned the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2010-2011 season.
This number once again breaks the previous years’ total of
450 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.
“A hearty congratulations to all the volleyball coaches
whose teams won the 2011 AVCA Team Academic Award,” said AVCA
Executive Director, Kathy DeBoer. “Teams do not succeed in
the classroom by accident any more so than they do on the
court. The same coach who taught them volleyball skills cared
enough about their academic achievement to gather their grades,
calculate their GPA, and submit a nomination on their behalf. In
doing so, these coaches sent a clear message that classroom success
is just as important as court success. All involved should
celebrate this award!”
The Team Academic Award has become one of the AVCA’s fastest
growing awards programs, seeing an impressive surge in teams
honored over the past several years. Since the 2000-2001 season,
the number of recipients has increased every single year but one,
while amassing an overall 170% increase over the span of the
decade. Since the award’s inception in 1993, the award
has risen by an astounding 674%. NCAA Division II recorded their
highest-ever total number of recipients, honoring 57 programs while
Division III easily surpassed last year’s record of 75
winners with 88 this year. The high school division also set a new
record with its 192 recipients.
Prior to 2010-11, only 11 teams had attained the pinnacle of
volleyball success in both earning the AVCA Team Academic Award and
winning their respective collegiate national championship in the
same academic year. This year, the AVCA is proud to recognize two
programs -- Concordia University-St. Paul (NCAA Division II), and
Clearwater Christian College (NCCAA Division II) – both of
whom excelled in the classroom and on the court.
Over 1,000 different schools have earned the award in the
program's 19-year history, with exactly 4,294 awards been given out
in total. Only two institutions, both high schools, have earned the
distinction all 19 years: Jonesboro High School (Jonesboro,
Arkansas) and Ross S. Sterling High School (Baytown, Texas).
BREAKDOWN BY CLASSIFICATION
Division
Number of recipients Percent
Breakdown*
NCAA Division I Women
92
19.25%
NCAA Division II Women
57
11.92%
NCAA Division III Women
88
18.41%
NAIA Women
30
6.28%
Two-Year College Women
12
2.51%
NCCAA Women
2
0.42%
NCAA Collegiate Men
4
0.84%
NAIA Men
1
0.21%
High School (Girls and Boys)
192
40.17%
High School Girls
176
High School Boys
16
* Percentage is based on each category’s breakdown of the
total 2010-2011 Team Academic recipients.
You can find this year’s list of recipients on our website
by clicking HERE
then scrolling down.
TOTAL RECIPIENT HISTORY
2010-11: 478
2009-10: 450
2008-09: 409
2007-08: 354
2006-07: 308
2005-06: 287
2004-05: 276
2003-04: 305
2002-03: 205
2001-02: 178
2000-01: 130
1999-2000: 140
1998-99: 149
1997-98: 132
1996-97: 134
1995-96: 116
1994-95: 83
1993-94: 98
1992-93: 62
ABOUT AVCA
The AVCA, with its headquarters in Lexington, Ky., is managed by
Associations International. 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.
NCAA Division III Women
| Albion College |
| Baldwin-Wallace College |
| Beloit College |
| Bethel University (MN) |
| Bowdoin College |
| California Lutheran University |
| Calvin College |
| Carleton College |
| Carnegie-Mellon University |
| Case Western Reserve University |
| Central College (IA) |
| Chapman University |
| Coe College |
| Colby College |
| College of St Benedict (MN) |
| College of St Scholastica |
| Concordia University (IL) |
| Concordia University (TX) |
| Concordia University (WI) |
| Connecticut College |
| Defiance College |
| Dominican University |
| Edgewood College |
| Elizabethtown College |
| Emory University |
| Gallaudet University |
| Geneva College |
| Goucher College |
| Greensboro College |
| Hamilton College |
| Heidelberg University |
| Hope College |
| Husson University |
| Immaculata University |
| Kalamazoo College |
| Macalester College |
| Manchester College |
| Martin Luther College |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Middlebury College |
| Moravian College |
| Muhlenberg College |
| Muskingum University |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University |
| North Park University |
| Northwestern College (MN) |
| Ohio Northern University |
| Otterbein University |
| Penn State Harrisburg |
| Penn State-Altoona |
| Philadelphia Biblical University |
| Piedmont College |
| Rhodes College |
| Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Saint Catherine University |
| Saint Mary's College (IN) |
| Saint Mary's University (MN) |
| Simpson College (IA) |
| Skidmore College |
| Southwestern University (TX) |
| Stevens Institute of Technology |
| SUNY Cortland |
| SUNY New Paltz |
| SUNY-Fredonia |
| SUNY-Potsdam |
| Susquehanna University |
| Swarthmore College |
| The College of Wooster |
| Thiel College Women's Volleyball |
| Trinity College (Conn.) |
| Tufts University |
| University of Dubuque |
| University of Mount Union |
| University of Redlands |
| University of Rochester |
| University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout |
| Vassar College |
| Virginia Wesleyan College |
| Wartburg College |
| Washington University in St. Louis |
| Waynesburg University |
| Webster University |
| Wesleyan University (Conn.) |
| Wheaton College (IL) |
| Williams College |
| Wittenberg University |
