LEXINGTON, KY. - The Saint Peter's Volleyball team earned a Team Academic Award from the United States Marine Corps and the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
"The commitment our coaches make to help their student-athletes pursue the best versions of themselves is evident in the academic accomplishments highlighted today." said AVCA CEO Jaime Gordon in a press release. "Achievement on the court has always been closely tied to success in the classroom which is reflected by the number of championship programs honored."
The award, which originated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale, or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale. Last academic year, the Peacocks put together a cumulative team gpa of 3.33.
"I'm very proud, once again, of our student athletes," Saint Peter's head coach
Joe Chojnacki said. "We had 10 freshmen on the team, all making adjustments to life in college, having to balance playing their sport in their first semester and keeping up with their studies. I thought they did an exceptional job at keeping the focus on their academics."
