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Volleyball earns 2023-24 AVCA Team Academic Award
7/17/2024 2:27:00 PM | Volleyball
Tommies maintains 3.3 GPA over academic year to earn award for classroom excellence
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced that the St. Thomas volleyball program was selected for the 2023-24 AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT on Wednesday.
The Tommies posted a 3.55 grade-point-average during the 2023-24 school year, including a 3.56 during the spring semester. This is the second AVCA Team Academic Award earned by the squad since joining NCAA Division I.
Graduated senior Claire Ricard and returning junior Ella Voegele both earned spots on the 2023-24 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team after holding GPAs above a 3.50 (on a 4.0 scale) and competing in 90 percent of the team's sets played.
The AVCA academic award, which was initiated during 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 GPA on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 on a cumulative GPA on a 5.0 scale.
The full list of 2023-24 AVCA Team Academic Award recipients can be found HERE.
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The Tommies posted a 3.55 grade-point-average during the 2023-24 school year, including a 3.56 during the spring semester. This is the second AVCA Team Academic Award earned by the squad since joining NCAA Division I.
Graduated senior Claire Ricard and returning junior Ella Voegele both earned spots on the 2023-24 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team after holding GPAs above a 3.50 (on a 4.0 scale) and competing in 90 percent of the team's sets played.
The AVCA academic award, which was initiated during 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 GPA on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 on a cumulative GPA on a 5.0 scale.
The full list of 2023-24 AVCA Team Academic Award recipients can be found HERE.
FOLLOW ALONG
For more information on St. Thomas Volleyball, follow along on X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram at @tommievball
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