LEXINGTON, KY — Texas State volleyball was awarded the United States Marine Corps and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (USMC/AVCA) Team Academic Award for its academic success during the 2021-22 school year, the AVCA announced. 

Texas State, which played for its fifth consecutive Sun Belt Conference championship last season, was one of seven volleyball programs within the conference — Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Little Rock, South Alabama, Troy, ULM — to be recognized by the USMC/AVCA for in-the-classroom success throughout the 2021-21 academic calendar. 

"For our student-athletes to be able to juggle the high demands that come with playing collegiate volleyball — and do it all so well on and off the court — it really speaks volumes about everyone who has a hand in making this program run as smoothly as it does every year," said Texas State volleyball head coach Sean Huiet. "This was a team honor so it took everyone being involved and I'm just so proud of this program for all its success."

The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average (GPA) of 3.3-or-higher on a 4.0 scale or a 4.1 on a 5.0 scale. A total of 215 Division I volleyball programs were honored for its academic success throughout the 2021-22 academic year. 

"Academic achievement does not happen by accident," said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. "I'm so proud of the hundreds of coaching staffs that make excellence in the classroom a priority." 

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