Tampa Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic Award
The Spartans claim their seventh-consecutive team academic accolade for their efforts in the classroom this past year.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Tampa volleyball program earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2015-16 season. A total of 119 NCAA Division II volleyball programs received the award for this past academic year.
The AVCA Team Academic Award 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 477 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 764.
The AVCA Team Academic Award 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 477 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 764.
The Spartans continue their academic excellence, earning the award for the seventh-consecutive season. UT has claimed the honor in each season since the 2009-10 academic year.
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