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The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Volleyball Earns Academic Excellence In 2000-2001
7/23/2001 12:00 AM | Volleyball
July 23, 2001
The American Volleyball Coaches Association and Molten U.S.A., Inc. has awarded 130 colleges and high school volleyball teams the 2000-2001 AVCA/Molten Team Academic Award, AVCA Executive Director Lindy Binns announced today. Molten, U.S.A. has sponsored the award for the last two years.
The award honors college and high school teams that displayed excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average during the 2000-2001 school year. Nominating coaches must be AVCA members.
The Utah Volleyball team was one out of 25 other Division I schools honored as a recipient of the award for its 3.40 team cumulative GPA. Fifteen Utes made the honor roll with six athletes also earning Dean's List honors. That is over ninety percent (15 out of 16) of the athletes on the team receiving academic recognition in 2000. The team was also honored for its academic success by the Mountain West Conference.
"The AVCA/Molten Team Academic Award represents the essence of a student-athlete," Binns said. "Not only are the student-athletes gifted athletes working as a team, but they perform well as a team in the classroom to maintain high standards. This honor continues to be one of the most sought after awards among the AVCA programs. Our member coaches are able to build good grades into the framework of team goals in an effort to earn the honor on an annual basis."
"We are proud to be associated with this award that recognizes the importance that teamwork plays both on and off of the volleyball court," Craig Barker, Molten USA vice president, said.
Part of the requirements to be considered for the AVCA/Molten Team Academic Award is submission of the head coach's academic philosophy. A portion of those philosophies are printed below.
"My philosophy about team and player academic success is based primarily on personal responsibility. I have a team of extremely responsible and goal oriented players. These personal qualities foster success both on the court and in the classrooms.As a coach, I talk with my team about personal responsibility, time management and goal pursuit. We discuss the importance of team pride through individual success. The players have bought into this philosophy and work hard to uphold their end, the team's success." - Beth Launiere, women's volleyball coach at University of Utah
NCAA Division I (25)University of Alabama Ala. 3.61Eastern Washington Wash. 3.53University of Denver Colo. 3.53Loyola University Chicago Ill. 3.51Morehead State Ky. 3.51Stephen F. Austin Texas 3.50Indiana State Ind. 3.48College of Charleston S.C. 3.47Indiana Ind. 3.46Western Carolina N.C. 3.44University of Akron Ohio 3.43Belmont Tenn. 3.43University of Toledo Ohio 3.43University of Colorado Colo. 3.40Eastern Michigan Mich. 3.40University of Evansville Ind. 3.40University of Utah Utah 3.40Wisconsin-Green Bay Wis. 3.39Bowling Green State Ohio 3.37UMKC Mo. 3.37University of Tulsa Okla. 3.37Western Kentucky Ky. 3.35Duquesne Pa. 3.34Mississippi State Miss. 3.34Villanova Pa. 3.34
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