Oilers Volleyball Receives Academic Award

The University of Findlay volleyball team received the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Academic Award for achievement in the classroom.  The Oilers were one of 77 teams at the NCAA Division II level to earn the award.

To qualify for the award, teams must carry a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.30.

The AVCA Team Academic Award has become one of the AVCA's fastest growing awards programs, seeing an impressive surge in teams honored over the past several years. Since the 2000-2001 season, the number of recipients has increased every single year but one, while amassing an overall 300% increase over the span of the last decade.  Since the award's inception in 1993, the amount of award winners has increased from 62 to its current number of 622.