Pirates garner AVCA Team Academic Award

LEXINGTON, Ky . – East Carolina has earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT for a program record fourth-straight season and for the eighth time in school history.

More than 1,400 collegiate and high school volleyball programs maintained a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale), to earn the award for their classroom excellence during the recently completed academic year.

The Pirates produced a 3.58 team GPA during the 2024 spring semester. A total of eight players checked in a 3.50 or higher while Kenzie Beckham notched a perfect 4.0 GPA to land a spot on the Chancellor’s List. Jennings Hall also compiled a 4.0 GPA as a graduate student.

“We are pleased that the record-setting success of the 2023-24 season on the court has extended to the classroom, too, as evidenced by more programs earning the AVCA Team Academic Award than ever before,” says AVCA CEO Dr. Jaime Gordon. “This is a great example of how committed our coaches are when it comes to helping their players reach their full potential as both students and athletes.”

INTENT, which is in its first year of sponsoring the prestigious award, is a game-changing, digital platform links student-athletes (along with military special ops veterans) to a powerful network of candidate-seeking employers. The tech, information and internet company guides student-athletes and service members toward professional and personal success in life after sports and service.

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