Aces Volleyball Garners AVCA Team Academic Award
UE finished 2016-17 academic year with 3.337 GPA
 LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Evansville was one of eight Missouri Valley Conference volleyball teams were honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association as recipients of the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2016-17 season, part of a record-breaking 822 programs to earn this distinction.
As a team, the Purple Aces completed the 2016-17 academic year with a 3.337 GPA.
“Congratulations to the players, staff and academic support people that work behind the scenes to help our student-athletes achieve their academic goals and exceed expectations,†UE head coach Manolo Concepcion said.
“It is great to see that our team culture of embracing diversity and inclusion translates to excellence not just in the athletic side, but to the classroom as well,†Concepcion added. “It demonstrates that regardless of race, language, country of origin, students are able to succeed at Evansville if all-in effort is put day in and day out.”
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 AVCA Team Academic Award, celebrating its 25th year, is the single largest award offered by quantity of schools, players and coaches honored. Since the 2000-2001 season, the number of recipients have increased every single year but two, while amassing a 532 team increase over the span of the last decade. Since the award’s inception in 1993, the amount of award winners has increased from 62 to its current number of 822.
