LEXINGTON, Ky. – The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced that the University of Mary Volleyball team has earned the AVCA Team Academic Award.

The award, which was initiated 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 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.

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.

In total, across all divisions, 1,126 teams have earned the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2018-2019 season. This number breaks the previous year's total of 977 to set an all-time high. 142 teams in NCAA Division II earned the honor this season which is up by 13 teams from last season.

The Marauders embark on their upcoming season soon with their season opener coming against Michigan Tech on September 5. The Marauders open up NSIC play at home against SMSU on September 20 at 6 PM.

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