MUNCIE, Ind. - - The Ball State men's and women's volleyball programs were part of a record 822 teams to earn the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award for the 2016-2017 season. The previous record was 764 set last year.
The award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams which display 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 or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.
On the women's side, the Cardinals finished the academic year with a 3.