LEXINGTON, Ky. --- The Tusculum University women's beach volleyball program was among just 15 NCAA Division II beach programs to earn the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award, sponsored by INTENT. TU earns this honor for a fifth-straight year.

The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale or 4.10 on a 5.0 scale. This year, over 1,400 collegiate and high school programs received the distinction.

The Pioneers finished with a 3.57 team GPA for the 2023-24 academic year, including seven student-athletes who posted at least one semester with a perfect 4.0 GPA. Tusculum finished the season 21-12 overall including 9-3 against seven of the other NCAA II honorees listed.

AVCA NCAA Division II Team Academic Award
Barry
Carson-Newman
Chaminade
Colorado Mesa
Concordia-Irvine
Eckerd
Emmanuel
Florida Southern
Hawaii Pacific
Saint Leo
Spring Hill
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Tampa
TUSCULUM
Wayne St. (Neb.)