The American Volleyball Coaches Association and United State Marine Corps announced today that a record 1,313 schools -- including the University of Minnesota Duluth and 170 other programs from the NCAA Division II ranks (a record in the division) -- have earned an AVCA Team Academic Award for 2019-20.
 
The AVCA Team Academic Award, which was initiated in 1992-93, 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.
 
10 (of a possible 12) Bulldogs attained Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference All-Academic Team status in 2019, including seniors Emily Balts, Hanna Meyer, Bailey Ramich, Kenna Seiffert, and Abby Thor, juniors Kate Berg, Megan Freeberg and Lexy Langenfeld, and sophomores Sydney Lanoue and Brook Scheurer.
 
14 NSIC teams were named in receiving the award.
 
UMD was also honored in making the AVCA Honor Roll, a feat which is accomplished by being one of the top 36 GPA's across all of Division II.