THREE AMCC WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAMS RECOGNIZED FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Mount Aloysius College, Penn State Behrend, and the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's volleyball programs have been honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) with a Team Academic Excellence Award for the 2017-18 season, officials announced Monday.

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 or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.

The AMCC programs are three of a record-breaking 973 teams nationwide honored by the AVCA in 2017-18.

173 total NCAA Division III women's volleyball teams earned qualifying GPAs this year.