LEXINGTON, KY - The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced the recipients of its Team Academic Award for the 2018-2019 season. The Iona College volleyball team was one of a record 189 NCAA Division I programs to receive the distinction.
The Maroon & Gold are one of five Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference programs to earn the recognition. They are on the list with Marist, Monmouth, Niagara and Rider.
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 or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.
Over 1,000 different schools have earned the award in the program's 25-year history, with exactly 9,586 awards been given out in total.
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