Women's Volleyball July 20, 2020

Northwestern Volleyball Receives USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Northwestern Oklahoma State University's volleyball team has earned the United States Marine Corps (USMC) / American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award, as announced Monday.

Northwestern was one of 232 programs to receive Team Academic honors for the first time.

The award, which started in 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 3.3 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.

The Rangers earned a 3.501 team GPA for the 2019-20 academic year.

Northwestern is one of 7 GAC schools with the recognition, joined by Arkansas Tech, Harding, Henderson State, Oklahoma Baptist, Ouachita Baptist and Southwestern Oklahoma State.

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