August
16, 2007
CEDAR
RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Four Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference schools were among the 53 NCAA Division III women's
volleyball teams to earn the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s
GamePlan/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2006-07 academic year.
The AVCA released the award recipients Friday, July 20.
Volleyball
teams from Central, Coe, Cornell and Wartburg were recognized
for their efforts in the classroom.
The
award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate
and high school teams that displayed excellence in the classroom
by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average
on a 4.0 scale during the school year. Nominating head coaches
must be AVCA members. Each school will receive a plaque, and
each player a certificate commemorating the designation.
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