AVCA Release

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The United State Marine Corps (USMC) and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced Monday that 1,200 collegiate and high school teams have earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2021 season. The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale or 4.10 on a 5.0 scale. Davenport was one of those 1,200 programs featured while turning in a 2021-22 team GPA of 3.58.

"Academic achievement does not happen by accident," said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. "I'm so proud of the hundreds of coaching staffs that make excellence in the classroom a priority."

The girls teams at Jonesboro High School (Jonesboro, Arkansas) and Ross S. Sterling High School (Baytown, Texas) head the list of 2021–22 honorees in this anniversary year. They are the only two schools to earn the award in each of the 30 years of the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award's existence. Two colleges, Stanford University (Division I) and Stevenson University (Division III), hit the trifecta, as their women's, men's and beach teams all are being honored.

The AVCA, an educationally based nonprofit headquartered in Lexington is the largest and most diverse volleyball coaches' association in the world. With a broad mandate to develop the sport, the AVCA provides leadership, recognition, advocacy and professional development opportunities to over 8,000 volleyball coaches. Members include college, high school, club and youth coaches as well as a wide variety of product and service providers. Further information is available at avca.org.