Both the San Francisco indoor and beach volleyball teams earned AVCA Team Academic Awards for 2018-19.
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VB | Dons Receive AVCA Team Academic Awards
7/29/2019 3:02:00 PM | Women's Volleyball, Beach Volleyball
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of San Francisco volleyball team received a Team Academic Award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association for the second straight year Monday, and for the first time in program history, the Dons' beach program also received a Team Academic Award.
The Dons have earned the AVCA Team Academic Award in each of head coach Frank Lavrisha's first two seasons with the program. The indoor team posted a 3.42 team Grade Point Average in 2018-19. The beach team came in at 3.47. The indoor program has earned an AVCA Team Academic Award in six of the last eight years overall.
"We have a motivated group of student-athletes who were attracted to USF for its emphasis on a quality academic experience," said Lavrisha. "They take great pride in becoming the best student-athletes they possibly can be."
Marjolijn Oskam and Emily Zinger were both named West Coast Conference All-Academic Honorable Mention in November, and Carly Lowry (first team), Camille Araujo (honorable mention) and Zinger (honorable mention) earned WCC All-Academic honors in the spring for beach volleyball.
The AVCA Team Academic Award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale. San Francisco was one of a record 1,126 teams honored this year, including 189 NCAA Division I women's teams and 41 collegiate beach teams.
The Dons have earned the AVCA Team Academic Award in each of head coach Frank Lavrisha's first two seasons with the program. The indoor team posted a 3.42 team Grade Point Average in 2018-19. The beach team came in at 3.47. The indoor program has earned an AVCA Team Academic Award in six of the last eight years overall.
"We have a motivated group of student-athletes who were attracted to USF for its emphasis on a quality academic experience," said Lavrisha. "They take great pride in becoming the best student-athletes they possibly can be."
Marjolijn Oskam and Emily Zinger were both named West Coast Conference All-Academic Honorable Mention in November, and Carly Lowry (first team), Camille Araujo (honorable mention) and Zinger (honorable mention) earned WCC All-Academic honors in the spring for beach volleyball.
The AVCA Team Academic Award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale. San Francisco was one of a record 1,126 teams honored this year, including 189 NCAA Division I women's teams and 41 collegiate beach teams.
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