CORVALLIS, Ore. – The United State Marine Corps (USMC) and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced that 1,315 teams earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2019-2020 season, topping last year’s record by almost 200 teams. A total of 232 programs received Team Academic honors for the first time in 2020.
The College of Idaho, Eastern Oregon University, Northwest University, and Southern Oregon University each grabbed the honor to represent the Cascade Collegiate Conference.
The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale or 4.10 on a 5.0 scale.
The full list of the 2019-20 USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award recipients can be found here.