The University of Northern Iowa volleyball program is one of 822 teams to earn the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2016-17 season.
The UNI volleyball team compiled a 3.420 cumulative GPA during the 2016-17 season. It marks the sixth consecutive season that the Panthers have earned the AVCA Team Academic Award.
The AVCA announced today that 822 teams have earned the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2016-2017 season. This number breaks the previous year's total of 764 to set an all-time high.
The award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.