LEXINGTON, Ky. – UNI volleyball is among eight Missouri Valley Conference teams honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association as recipients of the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2017-18 season.
This was UNI's seventh consecutive year to earn the award. The Panther squad has received it nine times overall. This year, the Panthers were part of a record-breaking 973 programs to earn this distinction.
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.