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.