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Volleyball Team Honor

Volleyball Earns Team Academic Honor

July 21, 2020 | Volleyball

BOULDER—The Colorado Volleyball team earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic award for the 2019-20 season for the first time in the program's 27-year existence, successfully maintaining above a 3.30-grade point average for the fall 2019 and spring 2020 semesters, the United States Marine Corps and American Volleyball Coaches Association announced Monday. 

The volleyball team earned a 3.37-grade point average over the course of the academic year and 12 of the 14 players who saw action on the court maintained a 3.0 GPA and eight players earned above a 3.5 GPA.  Three Buffs earned a perfect 4.0 GPA during the spring semester. 

The award was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year and honors teams who achieve above a 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale.  In all, a total of 1,313 teams were honored at the high school and collegiate level, including 227 Division I NCAA programs, an all-time best.  

This is the first time the Buffs have achieved the honor and it's the fourth time that coach Jesse Mahoney has coached a team who has won the honor, including his final three teams at the University of Denver (2013-15). 

 
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