The United States Marine Corps and the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced today that more than 1,200 collegiate and high school volleyball teams have earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award this season. The award, initiated in the 1992–93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale.
For the second straight year, Navarro Volleyball qualified for the USMC/AVCA academic award – one of 13 NJCAA Division I programs honored.
"Academic achievement does not happen by accident," said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. "I'm so proud of the hundreds of coaching staffs that make excellence in the classroom a priority."
Joining Navarro in NJCAA Division I select company were programs from Barton County, Butler, Colby, Dodge City, and Garden City, Ks; Central Wyoming, Florida SouthWestern College, Indian River State, Fl., Iowa Western, Miami Dade, Northwest and Trinity Valley.
The girls teams at Jonesboro High School (Jonesboro, Arkansas) and Ross S. Sterling High School (Baytown, Texas) head the list of 2021–22 honorees in this anniversary year. They are the only two schools to earn the award in each of the 30 years of the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award's existence.
Two colleges, Stanford University (Division I) and Stevenson University (Division III), hit the trifecta, as their women's, men's, and beach teams all are being honored.
This year's academic award was earned by eight women's teams that also won national collegiate championships on the court and in the sand during the 2021–22 season:
University of Wisconsin (NCAA Division I)
University of Tampa (NCAA Division II)
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (NCAA Division III)
Iowa Western Community College (NJCAA Division I)
Columbia International University (NCCAA Division I)
University of Southern California (NCAA Beach)
Colorado Mesa University (AVCA Small College Beach - Division II)
Stevenson University (AVCA Small College Beach - Division III)
Members of the 2021-22 Navarro team whose grades collectively earned honors include Ana Beatriz Nunes Dos Santos. Lilouann Bechec, Nia Mack, Alessia Sonzini, Wiktoria Warpechowska, Lauren Tishkoff, Tjasa Malnar, Maria Eduarda Dudao, Bridgette Graham and Tori Skinner.
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