UNI Volleyball Earns USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award

7/19/2021 4:05:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

LEXINGTON, KY - The United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced today that the UNI volleyball team has earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2020-21 season.

"We are very proud of the hard work and dedication our student-athletes put in on the court and have great respect for their efforts in the classroom and the community," stated head coach Bobbi Petersen. "We have a great tradition and high expectations for our team's academic achievements and appreciate the efforts demonstrated by our incredible student-athletes, coaches and academic support staff."

The UNI volleyball program has now won 12 AVCA Team Academic Awards and 10 in a row under head coach Bobbi Petersen. The 2020-21 Panthers finished with a 3.51 cumulative grade point average.

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.