LEXINGTON, KY (July 13, 2023) — The United States Marine Corps and the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced today (Thursday, July 13) that 1,332 collegiate and high school volleyball teams have earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award this season. Coker's women's volleyball team has been honored this year as they completed the academic year with an outstanding performance in the classroom. They collected a 3.34 GPA taking down their last year's GPA of 3.33. 

The award, initiated in the 1992–93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale. 

Coker had eight women who had an impressive 3.3 GPA or higher. This marks the fourth consecutive year the Cobras have earned the Team Academic Award.

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