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For the second consecutive year, the Butler Volleyball team has been awarded with the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award.
The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams of all levels that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale or 4.10 on a 5.0 scale.
Finishing with a team GPA of 3.59, the Grizzlies were one of 32 two-year programs to earn the award this year.
For the second consecutive year, the Grizzlies posted the best team GPA amongst Butler teams with a 3.59 and finished 18th overall in the NJCAA.
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2019-2020 Volleyball team:
4.0 GPA: Amalie Rupertova, Ashley Larkin, Jessie Nibarger, Morgan Bryand, Taylor Lang, Yoana Tsaneva
3.80-3.99 GPA: Sydney Hefty, Sydney Scanlon