Women’s volleyball earns USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Olivet College women's volleyball team is among 231 NCAA Division III schools to earn the United States Marine Corp/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award.

The award, which initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, recognizes volleyball teams which maintain a 3.30 or higher cumulative grade point average (GPA) during the current academic year.

Olivet posted a 3.63 GPA in 2019-20. The Comets have received this award five times, including the second straight year. The other three times were in 2010, 2013 and 2014.

The Comets finished the 2019 season with a 14-12 overall record for only the second winning season in school history. The 14 wins match the 2015 and 2018 teams for the second-most victories in a season.