Volleyball receives USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for 13th consecutive season

By Tim Glon

| 2020-21 USMC-AVCA Team Academic Award |

ADA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team received the USMC-AVCA Academic Team Award for the 2020-21 season by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.

Thius marks the 13th consecutive year and the 19th time since the program's inception in 1992 that ONU has earned the honor.

in all, 1,275 collegiate and high school teams received the award, which honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale or 4.10 on a 5.0 scale.

A total of 233 NCAA Division III women's teams were honored this year.

The Polar Bears went 13-3 and finished third in the Ohio Athletic Conference in 2020-21 under first-year head coach Katie Kuhn.