Texas Tech University Athletics
Tech Volleyball Honored for Academic Success
July 20, 2020 | Women's Volleyball
The Red Raiders earned the AVCA Team Academic Award for the second consecutive year.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Texas Tech volleyball team earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award, announced by the organization on Monday, July 20.
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The nod marks the second year in a row that the Red Raiders have received the award.
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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. This year, the United State Marine Corps (USMC) and the AVCA announced that 1,313 teams 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.
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The Red Raiders recorded an impressive 3.56 grade point average for the 2019-20 academic year.
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In the fall, the Red Raiders placed a program-record 12 student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Teams. This spring, 10 Red Raiders – Hannah Allison, Allison Bloss, Lauren Dodson, Lindsey Dodson, Caitlin Dugan, Haley Harman, Maddie O'Brien, Samantha Sanders, Emerson Solano and Audrey Tuttle – posted spotless 4.00 grade point averages.
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For all the latest information on the Texas Tech volleyball team, visit TexasTech.com or follow @TexasTechVB on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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The nod marks the second year in a row that the Red Raiders have received the award.
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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. This year, the United State Marine Corps (USMC) and the AVCA announced that 1,313 teams 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.
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The Red Raiders recorded an impressive 3.56 grade point average for the 2019-20 academic year.
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In the fall, the Red Raiders placed a program-record 12 student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Teams. This spring, 10 Red Raiders – Hannah Allison, Allison Bloss, Lauren Dodson, Lindsey Dodson, Caitlin Dugan, Haley Harman, Maddie O'Brien, Samantha Sanders, Emerson Solano and Audrey Tuttle – posted spotless 4.00 grade point averages.
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For all the latest information on the Texas Tech volleyball team, visit TexasTech.com or follow @TexasTechVB on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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