Husker Volleyball Honored by AVCA

Lincoln ? The University of Nebraska volleyball team was honored Wednesday for its achievements in the classroom, receiving the Game PlanAVCA Team Academic Award for the 2005-06 season.

The award, initiated by the AVCA in the 1992-93 academic year, recognizes college and high school teams that displayed excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale during the previous school year. Nebraska finished the year with a 3.48 team GPA, including an impressive 3.74 GPA during the spring semester.

Nebraska was one of 54 Division I programs honored nationally and one of only three Big 12 teams honored during the year, joining Kansas and Kansas State. The Huskers, who finished 33-2 and were national runner-up in 2005, were also the only Division I program in the country to reach the national semifinals and be recognized for high achievement in the classroom.

It is the 11th time that Nebraska has received the AVCA Team Academic Award ? the most of any Division I program nationally.

The Huskers begin practice for the 2006 season next Tuesday, Aug. 8, with Media Day set for Thursday, Aug. 10. More information on Media Day and practices will be announced this week.