AVCA recognizes Wildcat Volleyball
June 20, 2007 – The College of St. Catherine volleyball team has been honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association with a Team Academic award for the 2006-2007 season. The AVCA awarded 303 schools nationally with the Team Academic Award for the 2006-2007 season.

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 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.

Recipients of the award range from NCAA Division I institutions to high school girls? and boys? teams. The college ranks produced 163 programs that met the requirements for the award in 2006-07. NCAA Division III (53) exceeded its previous high mark of 48, set in 2003-04. Also in Division III, both Kalamazoo College and College of Saint Benedict earned their tenth overall Academic Award in 2006-07, tying them for the most in that division.

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The AVCA, with its headquarters in Lexington , Ky. , is managed by Host Communications Inc. The mission of the AVCA is to develop and grow the sport of volleyball; with a membership of over 4,000 and counting, the AVCA provides a professional network for those individuals and companies dedicated to enhancing and developing the sport. Members are comprised of national and international coaches, collegiate, high school, club, youth and Olympic coaches, as well as club directors. Other members include former players, officials, media members and other friends of volleyball. As a group, the AVCA is committed to the development, growth, advancement and publicity of volleyball throughout the world.