LEXINGTON, Ky. – Member schools of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association continued to demonstrate their excellence in the classroom, as the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced its annual listing of its Team Academic Award Monday (July 25).

The MIAA was an integral part in helping the AVCA break its record of teams recognized, as eight of the MIAA's nine institutions were part of 762 teams across all NCAA and NAIA divisions as well as junior college and high school programs that were honored.

"Congratulations to the coaches and institutions that won the 2016 AVCA Team Academic Award," said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. "It is no accident that a volleyball coaches association recognizes academic excellence as a team, rather than an individual, achievement. Players influence each other, both in execution on the court and discipline in the classroom."

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.

MIAA Teams honored by AVCA
Adrian College – story link
Albion College – story link
Alma College – story link
Calvin College – story link
Hope College – story link
Kalamazoo College – story link
Saint Mary's College – story link
Trine University

Additional information provided by AVCA. 

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