Canes Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic Award

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami volleyball team earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2018-19 season. 
 
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 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale. 
 
The Canes averaged a 3.37 GPA to earn this award for the fourth time under head coach Jose “Keno” Gandara. Tuesday’s award is also the second consecutive season Miami has been honored.
 
Over 1,000 different schools have earned the award in the program’s 25-year history, with exactly 9,586 awards been given out in total.
 
2018-19 BREAKDOWN BY CLASSIFICATION
Division                                                   Number of recipients  
NCAA Division I Women                          189  
NCAA Division II Women                         141 
NCAA Division III Women                        175  
NAIA Women                                             51  
Two-Year College                                      21  
NCCAA                                                         1 
Collegiate Men                                          19  
High School Girls                                       444 (5 sand)  
High School Boys                                      43  
Collegiate Beach                                       41
 
To find a complete look of the 2018-19 list of recipients, click here.
 
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