RELEASED:  Friday, July 20, 2007

UW-Eau Claire and UW-La Crosse Claim AVCA Team Academic Award

Lexington, Ky.--The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and UW-La Crosse women’s volleyball teams have claimed the Game Plan/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2006-07 season.

The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate teams that displayed excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade point average on a 4.0 scale and a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 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.

UW-Eau Claire and UW-La Crosse represented two of 53 NCAA Division III institutions to receive the honor that incorporates schools from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, II and III programs, as well as National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), two-year colleges and high school teams.

This marks the third consecutive year that UW-La Crosse has received the honor.

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