While the University of the Kentucky volleyball team was embarking on a historic season with an SEC title and its deepest NCAA Tournament run in decades, it was also getting work done in the classroom, achieving a 3.654 grade-point average, the highest among UK’s team sports.
“Championship teams differentiate themselves by the way they pursue excellence in everything they do,” UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart said in a news release. “Our volleyball team is proof of that. Their commitment in competition and in the classroom is a reflection of what it will take for us to reach our goals of becoming one of the nation’s elite athletics departments in all facets.