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Volleyball team earns sixth consecutive AVCA Academic Award
Jul 30, 2008 9:33 AM
By Tannika King - Faculty
Darlington’s volleyball program is one of 353 recipients of the 2007-08 Game Plan/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award. This is the sixth straight year the team has earned this distinction.
The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors college and high school teams that displayed excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale and a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale during the school year. Nominating head coaches must be AVCA members.
Recipients of the award range from NCAA Division I institutions to high school girls’ and boys’ teams. A total of 141 high schools boys and girls programs earned the award in 2007-08.
“This result is just phenomena. Look at this in context: We have coaches representing about 3,000 different academic institutions. Of that total, 353, or nearly 12 percent, coach teams with a grade point average of 3.3 or better. How can you not be proud of that?” said Kathy DeBoer, AVCA executive director. “We congratulate the student-athletes for their hard work in the classroom and thank our coaches for instilling this dedication in the young women and men of our sport.”
Over 900 different schools have won the award in the program’s 16-year history, and over 2,800 awards have been given out. Each school will receive a plaque, and each player a certificate commemorating the designation.
The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors college and high school teams that displayed excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale and a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale during the school year. Nominating head coaches must be AVCA members.
Recipients of the award range from NCAA Division I institutions to high school girls’ and boys’ teams. A total of 141 high schools boys and girls programs earned the award in 2007-08.
“This result is just phenomena. Look at this in context: We have coaches representing about 3,000 different academic institutions. Of that total, 353, or nearly 12 percent, coach teams with a grade point average of 3.3 or better. How can you not be proud of that?” said Kathy DeBoer, AVCA executive director. “We congratulate the student-athletes for their hard work in the classroom and thank our coaches for instilling this dedication in the young women and men of our sport.”
Over 900 different schools have won the award in the program’s 16-year history, and over 2,800 awards have been given out. Each school will receive a plaque, and each player a certificate commemorating the designation.
