LEXINGTON, KY — The United States Marine Corps and the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced today that more than 1,200 collegiate and high school volleyball teams have earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award this season. The award, initiated in the 1992–93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale.

"Academic achievement does not happen by accident," said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. "I'm so proud of the hundreds of coaching staffs that make excellence in the classroom a priority."

The 2021-22 NC Wesleyan Volleyball team led by head coach Vicky Gentile, earned the team academic award with a GPA of 3.4 in the spring and 3.2 in the fall. This is the third straight season that the Bishops have won the academic award. NCWU is one of just five USA South teams to win the Academic Award.

North Carolina Wesleyan University - Vicky Gentile

https://www.avca.org/awards/team-academic/2022-usmc-avca-team-academic-release.html

List of Winning teams: https://avca.my.canva.site/2022teamacademic

About the AVCA
The AVCA, an educationally based nonprofit headquartered in Lexington, KY, is the largest and most diverse volleyball coaches' association in the world. With a broad mandate to develop the sport, the AVCA provides leadership, recognition, advocacy, and professional development opportunities to over 8,000 volleyball coaches. Members include college, high school, club, and youth coaches, and well as a wide variety of product and service providers. Further information is available at avca.org.