Husker Volleyball Receives AVCA Team Academic Award

Lincoln ? The University of Nebraska volleyball team received another academic honor this week, as the America Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced its Team Academic Awards for the 2003-04 year.

The Huskers were one of only 46 NCAA Division I programs to receive this prestigious honor, which has been awarded annually since 1993 to high school and collegiate programs that maintain 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 during the previous school year.

Nebraska and Kansas State were the only two Big 12 teams to earn the honor during 2003-04, while the 46 schools recognized by the AVCA is the second-highest Division I total in the program’s history. The 2003-04 award marks the Huskers’ 10th award in the program’s 12-year existence, a total which ties Morehead State for the all-time lead among Division I programs.

Division I School

Head Coach

American University

Barry Goldberg

Appalachian State University

Chad Callihan

Austin Peay State University

Cheryl Holt

Ball State University

Randy Litchfield

Birmingham-Southern College

Tonya Charland

Bowling Green State University

Denise Van De Walle

Bucknell University

Cindy Opalski

College of Charleston

Sherry Dunbar

Creighton University

Kirsten Bernthal Booth

University of Denver

Beth Kuwata

Duquesne University

Steven Opperman

Eastern Washington University

Wade Benson

Elon University

Mary Tendler

Indiana State University

Julie Krofcheck

Iona College

Bob Weiner

Jacksonville State University

Rick Nold

Kansas State University

Suzie Fritz

Lamar University

Fiona Simmons

Lipscomb University

Brandon Rosenthal

Long Island University

Toby Rens

The University of Memphis

Carrie Yerty

Miami University

Carolyn Condit

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Steve Dallman

Morehead State University

Jaime Gordon

University of Nebraska

John Cook

University of New Mexico

Kelley Sliva-McKee

Northern Arizona University

Michelle Hansen

Northwestern University

Keylor Chan

Rice University

Genny Volpe

Seton Hall University

Maureen Rafferty

Southeast Missouri State University

Cindy Gannon

The University of Southern Mississippi

Santiago Restrepo

Southwest Missouri State University

Melissa Stokes

Stephen F. Austin State University

Debbie Humphreys

University of Tennessee at Martin

Chris Rushing

TCU

Prentice Lewis

University of Toledo

Kent Miller

Troy State University

Ginger Lowe

Valparaiso University

Carin Avery

University of Virginia

Melissa Shelton

Virginia Tech

Greg Smith

Western Michigan University

Cathy George

Wichita State University

Chris Lamb

Winthrop University

Joel McCartney

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Debbie Kirch

University of Wyoming

Jim Barnes