Bowling Green State University Athletics
AVCA Honors Falcon Netters for Academics
August 03, 2008 | Volleyball
Aug. 3, 2008
LEXINGTON, Kentucky - The American Volleyball Coaches Association announced that the Bowling Green State University volleyball team along with 352 other collegiate and high school volleyball teams earned the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2007-08 season, which set a new AVCA record for teams receiving this honor in a season. The 2007 team's award is the ninth AVCA Team Academic Award in program history and marks the eighth consecutive year the team has received this honor.
The Falcons were one of 70 Division I women's volleyball teams and one of the five Mid-American Conference teams to receive this honor.
The 2007 season was a winning and successful season on and off the court for the Falcons as Head Coach Denise Van De Walle and the squad posted a 21-10 overall record and 12-4 record in the MAC, the fourth straight winning season and second consecutive 20-plus win season. In the classroom the five seniors of the 2007 team all graduated with a 3.00 cumulative GPA or higher. The eight veterans that will lead the 2008 team also all posted above a 3.00 cumulative GPA with four players above a 3.5, including one perfect 4.0 during the 2007-08.
"It's a huge honor to get this award for the ninth time," said Head Coach Denise Van De Walle. "I am always amazed at how well we do in the classroom year after year. It's hard to balance Division I volleyball and a demanding academic load but we do it. Averaging between a 3.5 and 3.6 GPA semester after semester is incredible. Our players are serious about their grades and it shows. I am so proud of them."
The AVCA Team Academic Award is given to collegiate and high school volleyball teams that display excellence in the classroom as well as on the court by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team GPA on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale during the school year.
