Montana State Volleyball Team Named All-Academic
8/6/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
honors for its effort in the classroom, announced American Volleyball Coaches AssociationExecutive Director Katherine McConnell. A record-number 177 volleyball programs receivedthe award.
The award honors collegiate and high school teams that display excellence in the classroom bymaintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale and a 4.10cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale during the school year. The Bobcats ended the schoolterm with a combined 3.51 grade-point average, which was ninth highest among NCAADivision I institutions.
"This is very nice recognition of Montana State’s academic credibility," said MSU head coachDave Gantt. "Our student-athletes are committed to the classroom and they know thelong-term objective is to get a quality education. MSU provides a quality conduit to the jobmarket."
Recipients of the award range from NCAA Division I institutions to high school girls’and boys’teams. The college ranks produced 120 schools that met the requirements for the award. Thebreakdown of college representation includes 47 NCAA Division I schools, 20 NCAADivision II schools, 32 NCAA Division III schools, 12 NAIA schools and nine juniorcollege/community colleges. A total of 57 high school programs earned the distinction.
"The AVCA/Molten Team Academic Award epitomizes the ideal of the student-athlete, andthe AVCA is incredibly honored to recognize these schools for their excellence in theclassroom," McConnell said. "We are especially pleased to bestow this prestigious award to arecord number of teams this year. The discipline, teamwork and commitment embodied byboth the AVCA coaches and the student-athletes are a shining example to us all."
The Bobcat volleyball squad will open fall drills on Monday.
The award honors collegiate and high school teams that display excellence in the classroom bymaintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale and a 4.10cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale during the school year. The Bobcats ended the schoolterm with a combined 3.51 grade-point average, which was ninth highest among NCAADivision I institutions.
"This is very nice recognition of Montana State’s academic credibility," said MSU head coachDave Gantt. "Our student-athletes are committed to the classroom and they know thelong-term objective is to get a quality education. MSU provides a quality conduit to the jobmarket."
Recipients of the award range from NCAA Division I institutions to high school girls’and boys’teams. The college ranks produced 120 schools that met the requirements for the award. Thebreakdown of college representation includes 47 NCAA Division I schools, 20 NCAADivision II schools, 32 NCAA Division III schools, 12 NAIA schools and nine juniorcollege/community colleges. A total of 57 high school programs earned the distinction.
"The AVCA/Molten Team Academic Award epitomizes the ideal of the student-athlete, andthe AVCA is incredibly honored to recognize these schools for their excellence in theclassroom," McConnell said. "We are especially pleased to bestow this prestigious award to arecord number of teams this year. The discipline, teamwork and commitment embodied byboth the AVCA coaches and the student-athletes are a shining example to us all."
The Bobcat volleyball squad will open fall drills on Monday.
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