Lions earn USMC/AVCA Team Academic award
The Mars Hill volleyball team was recognized as a USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award winner for the fourth time in the last five years.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The United State Marine Corps (USMC) and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced today that 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.
"Coaches have the most influence during difficult times," said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. "Keeping student-athletes focused on their academic success when their volleyball identity was suddenly gone is leadership worth celebrating!"
The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale or 4.10 on a 5.0 scale.
Mars Hill boasted a team GPA of 3.61 and the award is their fourth overall. The Lions were also recognized for meeting their Dig Pink goal on the year.