BOULDER—The Colorado Volleyball team earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic award for the 2019-20 season for the first time in the program's 27-year existence, successfully maintaining above a 3.30-grade point average for the fall 2019 and spring 2020 semesters, the United States Marine Corps and American Volleyball Coaches Association announced Monday.
The volleyball team earned a 3.37-grade point average over the course of the academic year and 12 of the 14 players who saw action on the court maintained a 3.0 GPA and eight players earned above a 3.5 GPA. Three Buffs earned a perfect 4.0 GPA during the spring semester.