2009-2010 Lions Boys' Varsity Volleyball Team Honored with AVCA Team Academic Award
Los Angeles Lutheran High was one of only 15 High School Boys Varsity Volleyball teams to receive this honor, and one of only four in California!
AVCA Rewrites Another Record With 450 Teams Lauded for Academic Excellence
Total overrides the previous mark of 409 schools set in 2008-09
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 20, 2010) – The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced today that 450 teams have earned the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2009-2010 season. This number once again smashes the previous years’ total of 409 and sets a new all-time high for this award.
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 L.A. Lutheran Lions had a team cumulative GPA of 3.65 on a 4.0 scale.
“There is no better way to gauge the success of a sport than to track the accomplishments of the people who participate,” said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. “Each of these 450 teams represents 12-15 really smart kids. What a great day for the sport of volleyball!”
