7/25/2016 10:57:00 AM | Volleyball
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List of 2015-16 AVCA Team Academic Award Recipients
OMAHA, Neb. -- The 2015-16 Creighton University volleyball team has been honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association as a recipient of the AVCA Team Academic Award. This is Creighton's 10th award in the last 13 seasons and 12th overall, as the Bluejays previously were honored in 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013.
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"Congratulations to the coaches and institutions that won the 2016 AVCA Team Academic Award," said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. "It is no accident that a volleyball coaches association recognizes academic excellence as a team, rather than an individual, achievement. Players influence each other, both in execution on the court and discipline in the classroom."
The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors teams that displayed excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA. There were 131 Division I schools qualified for the honor in 2015-16, including six teams in the BIG EAST Conference.
Last year Melanie Jereb was named Creighton's Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year as well as the BIG EAST Conference Institutional Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The Bluejay volleyball team had a GPA of 3.49 last fall and a 3.46 this spring, and owns a 3.38 cumulative GPA. Thirteen different women were named to Creighton's Dean's List (3.50 GPA or better) at least one semester.
Creighton returns 11 letterwinners and four of six starters from last season's team that went 27-9 and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament after winning the BIG EAST Conference regular-season and tournament titles. Top returnees include all-conference selections Lauren Smith, Jess Bird and Jaali Winters.
The Bluejays will report to campus on August 8th and open the regular-season on Aug. 27 with a match against Wichita State at the Iowa State Challenge in Ames, Iowa.
2015-16 BREAKDOWN BY CLASSIFICATION
Division                           Number of recipientsÂ
NCAA Division I Women              131Â
NCAA Division II Women               119Â
NCAA Division III Women             140Â
NAIA Women                         54Â
Two-Year College                    16Â
NCCAA Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3Â
Collegiate Men                       11Â
High School Girls                    260 (1 sand)Â
High School Boys                    22Â
College Beach                        6
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TOTAL RECIPIENT HISTORY2015-2016: 762
2014-2015: 757Â
2013-2014: 687
2012-2013: 623
2011-12: 536
2010-11: 481
2009-10: 450
2008-09: 409
2007-08: 354
2006-07: 308
2005-06: 287
2004-05: 276
2003-04: 305Â
2002-03: 205Â
2001-02: 178Â
2000-01: 130Â
1999-00: 140Â
1998-99: 149Â
1997-98: 132Â
1996-97: 134Â
1995-96: 116Â
1994-95: 83Â
1993-94: 98Â
1992-93: 62
