ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Macalester College volleyball team received the Team Academic Award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association, the organization announced today. This the 12th consecutive year that the Scots have earned the honor, which recognizes teams for their academic achievement.

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.

Earlier this year, 12 Scots were honored by the MIAC with Academic All-Conference accolades: Elyssa Cook (Cassel, Calif./Fall River), Claire Loomans (Minneapolis, Minn./Southwest) and Claire Wilson (Minneapolis, Minn./Southwest), rising seniors Emily Drexler (Portland, Ore./Roosevelt), Eliza King (Novato, Calif./San Marin), Zoe Lowe (Longmont, Colo./Longmont), Carmen Quintos (Portland, Ore./Riverdale), Kaelene Spang (Ashland, Mont./Deerfield Academy) and Annika White (Stillwater, Minn./St. Croix Prep Academy), and rising juniors Anna Fritz (Mountain View, Calif./Mountain View), Abi Janzen (Ames, Iowa/Ames) and Nalani Tokuhama (Pearl City, Hawaii/Pearl City).

This year the AVCA honored 1,213 volleyball teams at the high school and collegiate levels with the Team Academic Award.

Click here to read the AVCA Team Academic Award release.