2018-19 AVCA Team Academic Award Release

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced on Monday the 1,125 teams that have earned the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2018-2019 season, with Tiffin volleyball making the cut.

The award 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. 

Tiffin was one of 141 NCAA Division II programs to earn the honor and one of just four from the GMAC, joining Cedarville, Ohio Dominican, and Findlay.

The AVCA Team Academic Award is the single largest award offered by quantity of schools, players and coaches honored. Since the 2000-2001 season, the number of recipients has increased every single year but two, while more than doubling the total over the last eight academic years. Since the award's inception in 1993, the amount of award winners has increased from 62 to its current number of 1,125.