LEXINGTON, Ky. -- For the sixth consecutive year and the 16th time in the last 18 years, Bradley Volleyball earned the United States Marine Corps/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award, according to a recent announcement by the AVCA.
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.
The Braves were one of 10 Missouri Valley Conference teams to earn AVCA Team Academic Award honors in 2021-22 and Bradley is one of just 12 teams nationally to earn the distinction at least 16 times over the last 18 years, joining American, Bowling Green, Central Connecticut, Eastern Michigan, Indiana State, Marist, Memphis, Southern Illinois, Toledo, Western Kentucky and Wichita State.