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Valpo Honored by AVCA for Academic Achievement

Monday, September 11, 2006

For the third consecutive season, the Valparaiso University volleyball team received the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2005-06 school year.

The honor is given to college and high school teams that displayed excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale. The nominating head coaches must be AVCA members. Valpo was one of 54 Division I programs to be so honored this season.

Head Coach Carin Avery's Crusaders finished the 2005 season with a 27-8 record, won their third straight Mid-Continent Conference regular season and tournament titles, and earned their third trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Valpo and Western Illinois were the only Mid-Continent Conference teams to receive the award.
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