Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic Award
MEQUON
(CUWFalcons.com) - The American Volleyball Coaches
Association (AVCA) announced that Concordia University Wisconsin
finished among the nation's top programs to earn the AVCA Team
Academic Award for the 2010-11 school, year after accumulating a
team grade point average of 3.46. The Falcons shined in the
classroom throughout the year to earnthe award for the
eighth-consecutive year.
The award honors collegiate and high school volleyball
teams that displayed excellence in the classroom by maintaining at
least a 3.30 cumulative GPA. Less than 20 percent of the nation's
volleyball teams received the award.
"I am ecstatic that the volleyball program was honored
with this award," said volleyball head coach Joe Cawley. "Our CUW
volleyball players exemplify the term student-athlete each and
every year. Prior to each season we sit down as a program and
emphasize the goals of achieving academic excellence, and they
excelled not only on the court, but also off the court.
I am once again proud of our team."
The Falcons completed a historic 2010 season, tying
the program record for victories (23), which also included a
14-match winning streak and an 11-1 Northern Athletics Conference
record. The program was led by Stephanie Boehm (De Pere, WI) who
was named AVCA Honorable Mention All-America and NAC First Team
All-Conference. Also, Cawley earned his 200th career victory in a
three-set sweep over Alverno College on Oct. 8.
Fifteen players were recognized by the NAC in July for
their work in the classroom, earning a grade point average of 3.25
or higher for the 2010-2011 academic year. The 15 student-athletes
were (alphabetically):
Stephanie Boehm (De Pere, WI); Lauren Dumke
(Wauwatosa, WI); Amy Gray (Urbana, IL); Abby Hennemann (Verona,
WI); Jessica Hennig (Springfield, IL); Joanna Kirk (Phoenix, AZ);
Amy Loewen (Waterloo, IA); Kelsey Lorenzen (Pipestone, MN); Lydia
Meaden (Houston, TX); Emily Pankow (Manitowoc, WI); Christi Rever
(Decatur, IL); Sarah Schmerber (Elgin, IL); Abby Schmidt (Rifle,
CO); Amanda Stahmann (Van Dyne, WI); Amanda Wilke (Oak Creek,
WI)
CUW begins its season with the Concordia
Invitational Volleyball Tournament (CIVT) - hosted by Concordia
University Chicago - on Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. against Concordia
University Texas.
To view the complete AVCA release, click
here.
