Women’s Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic Award

LEXINGTON, Ky.- The Eastern Nazarene College women's volleyball team received the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2017-18 season, announced the organization Monday.

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.

A total of 973 programs were honored with the Lions being one of 173 NCAA Division III women's volleyball teams recognized.

The Eastern Nazarene College women's volleyball team garnered seven Academic All-Commonwealth Coast Conference selections in the fall, including senior Kayla Dean (Lansdale, Pa.) who earned New England Women's Volleyball Association (NEWVA) All-Senior honorable mention this season.

The Lions posted an 11-19 overall record in head coach Derek Schmitt's first year.