Volleyball Team Honored by AVCA for Academics

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Michigan Tech volleyball team was one of 752 programs nationwide to earn the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2014-15 season. 

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.

Michigan Tech's 2014 volleyball team posted a team GPA of 3.45 for year. The squad had a 3.55 during the fall semester, and there were a combined five 4.0 performances during the two semesters from individual student-athletes.

The start of the 2015 Michigan Tech volleyball season is just over a month away. The Huskies open at the Northern Michigan Wildcat Open Sept. 4-5.