POCATELLO, Idaho- Idaho State women's volleyball has received the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for its academic performance during the 2019-20 season. This is the program's fifth-consecutive year earning the award.
The AVCA announced earlier this week that 1,313 teams have earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2019-2020 season, topping last year's record by almost 200 teams. 232 programs received Team Academic honors for the first time in 2020.
The award, which began in 1992-93, honors volleyball programs throughout the United States that maintain a year-long grade point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale.
Idaho State is one of seven schools in the Big Sky to win the award.