ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Macalester College volleyball team earned the Team Academic Award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association, the organization announced today. This the 13th 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, 11 Scots were honored by the MIAC with Academic All-Conference accolades: Emily Drexler (Portland, Ore./Roosevelt), Eliza King (Novato, Calif./San Marin), Zoe Lowe (Longmont, Colo./Longmont), Carmen Quintos (Portland, Ore./Riverdale) and Annika White (Stillwater, Minn./St. Croix Prep Academy), rising seniors Anna Fritz (Mountain View, Calif./Mountain View), Abi Janzen (Ames, Iowa/Ames) and Nalani Tokuhama (Pearl City, Hawaii/Pearl City), and rising juniors Grace Galer (Hanover Park, Ill./Schaumburg), Stephanie Geber (Oviedo, Fla./Oviedo) and Torrance Williams (Houston, Texas/Yes Prep Northbrook).

This year the AVCA honored 1,333 volleyball teams at the high school and collegiate levels with the Team Academic Award.

Click here to read the AVCA Team Academic Award release.