Alva, Oklahoma- On Monday, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and American Volleyball Coaches Association(AVCA) announced their team academic awards. The Northwestern Volleyball team was honored with this Academic achievement for 2021.
 

The award honors volleyball teams that can maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.30. This year the AVCA and USMC announced that 1,275 collegiate and high school teams had earned this award. This award was started in the 1992-1993 academic year.
 

This is the second straight season the Rangers team has earned the award after being awarded their first one last season. The Rangers finished the season with a 3.6 GPA, including 15 players above a 3.5 and seven players with a 4.0 GPA.
 

The Rangers were one of six other Great American Conference schools to reach this award. These included Arkansas Tech, Harding, Henderson State, Oklahoma Baptist, Ouachita Baptist, and Southern Nazarene.
 

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