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VB Earns 5th Consecutive AVCA Team Academic Award

The University of Northern Iowa volleyball program is one of 762 teams to earn the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2015-16 season.

The UNI volleyball team compiled a 3.400 cumulative GPA during the 2015-16 season. It marks the fifth consecutive season that the Panthers have earned the AVCA Team Academic Award.

The AVCA announced today that 762 teams have earned the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2015-2016 season. This number breaks the previous year's total of 757 to set an all-time high.

AVCA Team Award Winners

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.