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Game Plan/AVCA Team Academic Award Recognizes 274 Schools
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
(Aug. 5, 2005) – The American Volleyball Coaches Association is pleased to announce
that 274 schools have achieved the Game Plan/AVCA Team Academic Award for the
2004-2005 season. The 274 schools receiving the honor is the second most in the
program’s history only to the 2003-2004 academic year when 305 schools achieved
the award. All but one division category in the program either produced the
most or second most schools receiving the honor in the Game Plan/AVCA Team
Academic Award history.
The award, initiated in the
1992-93 academic year, honors college and high school
teams that displayed excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30
cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale and a 4.10 cumulative team
GPA on a 5.0 scale during the school year. Nominating head coaches must be AVCA
members.
Recipients
of the award range from NCAA Division I institutions to high school girls’ and
boys’ teams. The college ranks produced 148 programs that met the requirements
for the award. NCAA (National Collegiate
Athletic Association) Division I schools earned the mark at 45 schools and fell
two short of the overall record of 47 Division I schools receiving the
distinction in 2001-2002. NCAA Division II (26) and NCAA Division III (43)
charted the second highest numbers in program history.
The National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) had 23 of its members achieve the honor this year,
while the two-year college category fell one shy of its most ever with eight
recipients. NCCAA (National Collegiate Christian Athletic Association) had a
record two schools qualify for the award, while NCAA men’s programs produced
its second all-time recipient of the award. A total of 126 high school boys and
girls programs earned the award in 2004-2005.
“The
Game Plan/AVCA Team Academic Award embodies the true meaning of the
student-athlete concept, and the AVCA is honored to recognize these schools for
excellence in the classroom,” Katherine McConnell, AVCA executive director
said. “We congratulate the student-athletes, as well as the coaches and school
administrations, for maintaining balance between academics and athletics.”
A
total of 801 different schools have won the award in the program’s 13-year
history. Two institutions have earned it every year in
Four
high school programs reached Game Plan/AVCA Team Academic Award status on both
the girls and boys volleyball teams.
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Some of this year's award
recipients achieved success on the court, as well as in the classroom. A total
of 30 teams that earned the 2004-05 Game Plan/AVCA Team
Academic Award also earned a berth in their respective four-year
collegiate postseason national tournaments.
Six of eight region champions
in the 2004 NCAA Division III Championship field won the Game Plan/AVCA Team
Academic award in Emory University (Ga.), New York University, Washington
University in St. Louis, Williams College (Mass.), University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse and Wittenberg University.
Each
school will receive a plaque, and each player a certificate commemorating the
designation.
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Additional Game Plan/AVCA Team Academic Award Facts
Year Recipients
2004-05 274 (second most in program
history)
2003-04 304 (a 48.3 percent increase
over 2002-03)
2002-03
205
2001-02
178
2000-01
130
1999-2000
140
1998-99
149
1997-98
132
1996-97
134
1995-96
116
1994-95
83
1993-94
98
1992-93
62
Breakdown by classification for 2004-2005
NCAA DI Women:
45; NCAA Men: 1; NCAA DII Women: 26; NCAA DIII Women: 43; NAIA Women: 23; NCCAA Women: 2;
First-time winners in 2004-05: DI Women: 13 of 46; DII Women: 3 of 31; DIII Women:
11 of 43; DIII Men: 1 of 1; NAIA: 7 of 23; TYC: 1 of 8; HS Girls: 31 of 119; HS
Boys: 4 of 7
History, Awards Won and Streaks
In its 13-year history, the Game
Plan/AVCA Team Academic Award has been earned by: 121 DI programs (men and women); 66 DII schools; 102 DIII
schools; 64 NAIA schools; 2 NCCAA schools; 21 two-year colleges; and approximately 425 high school girls and boys teams.
Two teams have earned the
academic award each of the 13 years of its existence:
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Schools with 10 awards to
their credit are:
Two-year colleges are topped
by
Awards by State
This year schools from 39
states and
Eleven states placed 10 or
more institutions on the list:
Success On and Off the Court
Some of this year's award
recipients achieved success on the court, as well as in the classroom. A total
of 30 teams that earned the 2004-05 Game Plan/AVCA Team
Academic Award also earned a berth in their respective four-year
collegiate postseason national tournaments.
Six of eight region champions
in the 2004 NCAA Division III Championship field won the Game Plan/AVCA Team
Academic award in Emory University (Ga.), New York University, Washington
University in St. Louis, Williams College (Mass.), University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse and Wittenberg University.
Historically, five teams have
attained the pinnacle of volleyball success in winning both the Game Plan/AVCA
Team Academic Award and their respective national championship in the same
academic year. Those teams are NAIA's Dickinson State
University (N.D.) in 2000-01 and then-NAIA University of
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Team Academic Award
NCAA
Division I (45) State Head Coach
Appalachian
BYU
Eastern
Eastern
The University of
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NCAA
Division II (26) State Head Coach
Chadron
Northern
Northern
Southern
The University of
Wayne State College Neb. Sharon Vanis/Scott
Kneifl (spring)
NCAA
Division III (43) State Head Coach
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Penn State
Rochester Institute of
Saint Mary's
Southwestern University
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
NAIA (23) State Head Coach
Mount Marty
Mount
Southwestern