Bowling Green State Volleyball Team Earns AVCA Team Academic Award For Tenth Straight Year
Lexington,
Ky. – The Bowling Green State University volleyball team extended the
nation’s second-longest active streak by earning The American Volleyball
Coaches Association Team
Academic Award for the tenth consecutive year. In all, the Falcons have
received the award 11 teams, fourth-most in the country. A record total of 450 high school and college men’s and women’s
volleyball teams received the award for 2009-10, smashing the previous
record of 409. The AVCA Team Academic Award,
which was instituted in 1992-93, honors teams with a 3.30 cumulative
team grade point average.
Bowling Green posted a 3.36 cumulative GPA through the 2009-10
spring semester. Two members of the team have a perfect 4.0 cumulative
GPA. Nebraska holds the all-time record by being honored 13 times,
while Morehead State and Indiana State have received the award 12 times.
Bowling Green has been named 11 times, while
Denver, Eastern Michigan, and Toledo earned the award 10 times. In consecutive fashion, Indiana State has the longest streak in
the nation with 12 consecutive years. Bowling Green is tied for second
with 10 in a row, along with Toledo and Denver. ----- For more information on the award, please visit:
http://www.avca.org/awards/ -----
