WICHITA, Kan.- The Wichita State volleyball program has been named a recipient of the 2009-10 American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award. WSU is one of 94 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 college ranks produced 271 programs that met the requirements for the award.

For the complete list of programs earning the award go to www.avca.org.

-Wichita State-