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Pitt Volleyball Garners AVCA Team Academic Award
7/17/2018 9:41:00 AM | Volleyball
Panthers Earn the Honor for the First Time since 2008-09
PITTSBURGH – For the first time since 2008-09, the University of Pittsburgh volleyball team earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2017-18 academic year, as announced Monday by the organization.
"I am extremely proud of our team's success on and off the court," said head coach Dan Fisher. "Earning this award is a major achievement for this group and is a big indication of how serious we take academics at the University of Pittsburgh."
One of 164 Division I teams to garner this honor, the Panthers earned a 3.42 team grade-point average (GPA) for the 2017-18 academic year. This marks the fifth time in program history Pitt was awarded the honor and the first since the 2008-09 academic year.
Pitt is one of just five teams from the ACC who earned recognition, joined by Florida State, Louisville, Miami and Virginia Tech.
To receive the honor, teams must maintain at least a 3.30 cumulative team GPA on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale. Universities, colleges and high school teams from all divisions are all eligible.
The AVCA Team Academic Award is the single largest award offered by quantity of schools, players and coaches honored. The number of recipients has risen every year but two since the 2000-2001 season, while amassing a 619-team increase in the last decade. Since its inception in 1993, the number of award winners has increased from 62 to its current number of 973.
Years Pitt Earned the AVCA Team Academic Award
2017-18
2008-09
2006-07
1999-00
1998-99
2017-18 Breakdown by Classification
Division, Number of Recipients
NCAA Division I Women, 164
NCAA Division II Women, 128
NCAA Division III Women, 173
NAIA Women, 49
Two-Year College, 26
USCAA, 1
Collegiate Men, 24
High School Girls, 358 (4 sand)
High School Boys, 28
College Beach, 22
Total Recipient History
2017-2018: 973
2016-2017: 835
2015-2016: 762
2014-2015: 757
2013-2014: 687
2012-2013: 623
2011-12: 536
2010-11: 481
2009-10: 450
2008-09: 409
2007-08: 354
2006-07: 308
2005-06: 287
2004-05: 276
2003-04: 305
2002-03: 205
2001-02: 178
2000-01: 130
1999-00: 140
1998-99: 149
1997-98: 132
1996-97: 134
1995-96: 116
1994-95: 83
1993-94: 98
1992-93: 62
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"I am extremely proud of our team's success on and off the court," said head coach Dan Fisher. "Earning this award is a major achievement for this group and is a big indication of how serious we take academics at the University of Pittsburgh."
One of 164 Division I teams to garner this honor, the Panthers earned a 3.42 team grade-point average (GPA) for the 2017-18 academic year. This marks the fifth time in program history Pitt was awarded the honor and the first since the 2008-09 academic year.
Pitt is one of just five teams from the ACC who earned recognition, joined by Florida State, Louisville, Miami and Virginia Tech.
To receive the honor, teams must maintain at least a 3.30 cumulative team GPA on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale. Universities, colleges and high school teams from all divisions are all eligible.
The AVCA Team Academic Award is the single largest award offered by quantity of schools, players and coaches honored. The number of recipients has risen every year but two since the 2000-2001 season, while amassing a 619-team increase in the last decade. Since its inception in 1993, the number of award winners has increased from 62 to its current number of 973.
Years Pitt Earned the AVCA Team Academic Award
2017-18
2008-09
2006-07
1999-00
1998-99
2017-18 Breakdown by Classification
Division, Number of Recipients
NCAA Division I Women, 164
NCAA Division II Women, 128
NCAA Division III Women, 173
NAIA Women, 49
Two-Year College, 26
USCAA, 1
Collegiate Men, 24
High School Girls, 358 (4 sand)
High School Boys, 28
College Beach, 22
Total Recipient History
2017-2018: 973
2016-2017: 835
2015-2016: 762
2014-2015: 757
2013-2014: 687
2012-2013: 623
2011-12: 536
2010-11: 481
2009-10: 450
2008-09: 409
2007-08: 354
2006-07: 308
2005-06: 287
2004-05: 276
2003-04: 305
2002-03: 205
2001-02: 178
2000-01: 130
1999-00: 140
1998-99: 149
1997-98: 132
1996-97: 134
1995-96: 116
1994-95: 83
1993-94: 98
1992-93: 62
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