UT Arlington Volleyball Team Earns AVCA Academic Team Award
ARLINGTON, Texas – The UT Arlington volleyball team was one of 94 NCAA Division I programs that earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Academic Team of the Year Award for the 2009-2010 season. Overall, AVCA handed out 450 team awards at all levels, which broke the previous record of 409 set in 2008-09.
The AVCA Team Academic Award honors volleyball teams at the high school and college level that are successful in the classroom. Nominees include high school or college teams that have a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.30 (on a 4.00 scale) during the full academic year (both semesters) and include all varsity athletes who competed in volleyball with the institution for any portion of the academic year.
The Mavericks had 10 volleyball student-athletes tally at least a 3.0 GPA in both semesters and including the fall and spring semesters, there were six perfect 4.0 GPA’s recorded.
UT Arlington had a 3.411 team GPA for the spring semester and posted a 3.353 team GPA in the fall semester. In fact, under the direction of head coach Diane Seymour, the Mavericks have tallied at least a 3.0 team GPA in 12 consecutive semesters, dating back to Seymour’s first season as head coach in 2004.
Eleven of the 12 volleyball student-athletes on the 2009 squad landed on the UT Arlington Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll at least once during the 2009-2010 school year.
UT Arlington volleyball team GPA – by semester – under Diane Seymour (since 2004)
2009-2010: (3.353 – Fall, 3.411 – Spring)
2008-2009: (3.117 – Fall, 3.509 – Spring)
2007-2008: (3.444 – Fall, 3.451 – Spring)
2006-2007: (3.265 – Fall, 3.323 – Spring)
2005-2006: (3.146 – Fall, 3.010 – Spring)
2004-2005: (3.086 – Fall, 3.242 – Spring)
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