Ten South Atlantic Conference Volleyball Teams Earn USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award

July 21, 2020

Lexington, ky. – The South Atlantic Conference is proud to announce several volleyball programs were featured in the 2019-20 United States Marine Corps (USMC)/ American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Awards, announced yesterday July 20, 2020.

The USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award honors collegiate and high school volleyball student-athletes (men and women) that displayed excellence in the classroom during the academic year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average. A total of 1,313 teams have earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2019-2020 season, topping last year's record by almost 200 teams. 232 programs received Team Academic honors for the first time in 2020.

A total of ten SAC teams from the 2019-20 academic year made the list which included; Anderson, Catawba, Coker, Lenoir-Rhyne, Lincoln Memorial, Limestone, Mars Hill, Queens, Tusculum and Wingate.

FULL LIST OF USMC/AVCA ACADEMIC RECIPIENTS HERE:

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