LEXINGTON, Ky. --- The Tusculum University volleyball team was named one of 128 NCAA Division II programs to earn the American Volleyball Coaches Association's Team Academic Award.
The award, which was initiated in the 1992-1993 academic year, honors 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 Pioneers posted a 3.44 team GPA at the end of the 2017-2018 academic year, which is the fifth highest amongst TU's intercollegiate sports.
Tusculum was also one of nine South Atlantic Conference programs that earned the AVCA Team Academic Award this year, along with Anderson, Coker, Lenoir-Rhyne, Lincoln Memorial, Mars Hill, Newberry, Queens and Wingate.
AVCA/NCAA Division II Team Academic Awards
Adelphi University
Anderson University
Angelo State University
Arkansas Tech University
Ashland University
Augustana University
Azusa Pacific
Barry University
Barton College
Bellarmine University
Belmont Abbey College
Bentley University
Cal Poly Pomona
Caldwell University
California Baptist University
Cal State East Bay
California State University Monterey Bay
California University of Pennsylvania
Central Washington University
Chadron State College
Chestnut Hill College
Coker College
Colorado Christian University
Colorado Mesa University
Colorado State University - Pueblo
Concordia University - St. Paul
Concordia University-Irvine
Converse College
Daemen College
Dallas Baptist University
Davenport University
Drury University
Eckerd College
Emporia State
Fairmont State University
Ferris State University
Florida Southern College
Fort Hays State University
Gannon University
Georgian Court University
Harding University
Holy Family University
Holy Names University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Lee University
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Lewis University
Limestone College
Lincoln Memorial University
Lindenwood University
LIU Post
Lubbock Christian University
Lynn University
Mars Hill University
McKendree University
Mercyhurst University
MSU Denver
Michigan Tech
Millersville University of PA
Minnesota State University, Mankato
MSU Moorhead
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Missouri Southern State University
Newberry College
Northern Michigan University
Northern State University
Northwest Missouri State
Northwest Nazarene University
Ohio Dominican University
Pace University
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Pittsburg State University
Point Loma
Queens University of Charlotte
Regis University
Rockhurst University
Rollins College
Saint Leo University
St. Martin's University
San Francisco State University
Seton Hill University
Mississippi College
Slippery Rock University
Southern New Hampshire University
Southwest Baptist University
Southwest Minnesota State University
Spring Hill College
St. Cloud State University
Saint Edward's University
St. Mary's University
Stonehill College
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Texas Woman's University
The University of Findlay
Truman State University
Tusculum University
University of Alabama in Huntsville
University of Arkansas at Monticello
UC San Diego
University of Central Missouri
University of Central Oklahoma
University of Charleston
UCCS
University of Illinois Springfield
University of Mary
University of Minnesota Duluth
University of Minnesota-Crookston
University Of Missouri- St. Louis
University of Montevallo
University of New Haven
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
University of Sioux Falls
University of South Carolina-Aiken
Upper Iowa University
Urbana University
Ursuline College
Washburn
Wayne State College (Neb.)
Wayne State University
West Chester University
West Liberty University
Western New Mexico University
Western Washington University
Westminster College
Wheeling Jesuit University
William Jewell College
Wingate University
Winona State University
