SFA Brings Home AVCA Team Academic Award
7/23/2019 8:22:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Ladyjacks win AVCA's academic honor for first time since 2013
Complete AVCA Release
LEXINGTON, Ky. - In an announcement made by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA), the SFA volleyball team found itself on the receiving end of the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2018-19 academic year.
The Ladyjacks are one of 189 NCAA Division I volleyball teams - and one of 1,126 teams in total - who claimed the AVCA Team Academic Award which has been doled out annually since 1992-93 to teams that maintain a 3.30 GPA or better during the academic year. SFA is one of 10 Southland Conference volleyball teams who picked up the AVCA Team Academic Award for 2018-19.
For the year, the Ladyjacks posted a team GPA of 3.41 while constructing one of the greatest seasons in the history of the program. SFA captured its 10th regular season Southland Conference title by going a perfect 16-0 in league action. Those 16 consecutive league wins represented a part of a 29-match winning streak for SFA - a run that was the longest in the nation.
SFA also made a return trip to the NCAA Tournament by winning the Southland Conference Tournament for the first time since 2006. In all, the Ladyjacks posted a 32-3 record while establishing a program record for single-season winning percentage.
With the announcement, SFA has now been the recipient of the AVCA Team Academic Award on nine separate occasions since its inception. Prior to this season, the Ladyjacks last brought home the award in the summer of 2013.
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