From University of Rochester Athletics

The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced today that the University of Rochester volleyball team was one of 762 teams across high school and college volleyball to have earned the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2015-16 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.  Girls high school led the way with the number of recipients of 260, an increase of 22 over last year. NCAA Division I honored 131 programs, while NCAA Division II reached a new record with a total of 119 honorees. NCAA Division III had the second-most honorees this year with a total of 140 schools, matching last year's record number.  Overall, the total number of teams honored breaks last years record breaking total of 757.

Rochester was one of four UAA schools to earn the distinction, with Case Western Reserve, Emory and Washington-St. Louis also achieving excellence in the classroom.  On the court this past season, Rochester finished with a 16-17 record and wound up in 6th place at the UAA Championship.