WICHITA, Kan.- The Wichita State volleyball program has been named a recipient of the 2017-18 American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award. WSU is one of 164 Division I programs to earn the 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.
 
Recipients of the award range from NCAA Division I institutions to high school girls' and boys' teams.
 
The Shockers had a team GPA of 3.55 last season.
 
For the complete list of programs earning the award go to www.avca.org.