ELLENSBURG, Wash. – The Central Washington University volleyball team earned United States Marine Corp (USMC)/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award and Honor Roll distinction, the AVCA announced today.
 
The award, initiated in the 1992–93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale.
 
Central Washington volleyball posted a GNAC-high team GPA of 3.72. The Wildcats are one of 145 teams to be honored in the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award.
 
"Academic achievement does not happen by accident," said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. "I'm so proud of the hundreds of coaching staffs that make excellence in the classroom a priority."
 
The Honor Roll distinction is an additional award given to teams in the top 20-percent, academically, in each division. The Crimson and Black are among the top 29 programs in Division II for academic success.

Below are the teams who received the Honor Roll distinction in Division II:
 
Adelphi University
Angelo State University
Arkansas Tech University
Bemidji State University
Central Washington University
Emmanuel College
Florida Institute of Technology
Franklin Pierce University
Lenoir-Rhyne University
McKendree University
Minnesota State University-Mankato
Northern State University
Rockhurst University
Seattle Pacific University
Seton Hill University
Southern New Hampshire University
Texas Women's University
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Central Missouri
University of Central Oklahoma
University of Illinois at Springfield
University of Minnesota Duluth
University of West Florida
Upper Iowa University
Washburn University of Topeka
Wayne State College
Wayne State University
William Jewell College