LEXINGTON, KY—The American Volleyball Coaches Association recognized both the NJIT men's and women's volleyball teams for the AVCA's annual team academic awards covering the 2014-15 academic year, the AVCA announced.
Both Highlander teams earned their second straight team academic award, maintaining a minimum grade point average of 3.30 for the academic year.
The NJIT women were one of 148 NCAA Division I programs and the NJIT men were one of only seven men's teams recognized covering all Divisions to receive the accolade for the 2014-15 season.
About AVCAIncorporated in 1981 and based in Lexington, KY, the AVCA has more than 6,000 members. Originally founded as a group of college coaches, the organization has opened its membership to other constituencies and now offers polls and individual and team awards programs for Division I-II men; Division III men; all NCAA divisions in women's volleyball; NAIA men and women; Christian colleges; two-year colleges; high school; and clubs. At the collegiate level, polls and honors from the AVCA are universally accepted as authoritative.
