LEXINGTON, Ky. – Sycamore women's volleyball has been awarded their NCAA-best 22nd consecutive American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Academic Award, the AVCA announced on Monday afternoon.
 
In addition to owning the longest streak in the nation, Indiana State's 22 total awards are tied with Morehead State for the most in the NCAA, however the Eagles' streak sits only at 12. Bowling Green and Toledo are tied for the second longest streak in the country, each with 20 consecutive awards. The Trees are one of 227 Division I women's teams to earn the honor, an increase of 38 teams from a year ago and an all-time record.
 
A total of nine Missouri Valley Conference volleyball teams were honored by the AVCA as recipients of the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2019-20 season, part of a record-breaking 1,313 total programs to earn the distinction.
 
The 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. The blue and white recorded a GPA of 3.65 for the last academic semester.
 
The AVCA Team Academic Award is the single largest award offered by quantity of schools, players and coaches honored. Since the 2000-2001 season, the number of recipients has increased every single year but two, while more than doubling the total over the last eight academic years. Since the award's inception in 1993, the amount of award winners has increased from 62 to its current number of 1,313.
 
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