USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award Release

            Wayne State College has been named to the 2021-22 USMC/AVCA All-Academic Team and Honor Roll announced by the American Volleyball Coaches Association office in Lexington, Kentucky Monday afternoon.  It's the 20th straight year that the Wildcats received the team academic award, the longest active streak in NCAA Division II, and the Wildcats were also named to the AVCA Team Academic Honor Roll representing the top 20 percent of team GPA's in NCAA Division II with a 3.82 cumulative team grade point average.
            The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale.  Wayne State was one of 14 teams from the Northern Sun Conference and 147 in NCAA Division II to collect the honor.
            Wayne State also featured the NSIC's Elite 18 Award winner this year in senior Lauren Jacobsen, who had a 4.00 grade point average majoring in pre-med, to go with eight NSIC All-Academic Team selections and one NSIC/Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction recipient.
            Wayne State College finished the 2021 season with a 22-8 record and fourth place finish in the NSIC with a 14-6 league mark.  The Wildcats were ranked 18th in the final AVCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll.