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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced that the UCLA beach volleyball team has received the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2019-20 season. It marks the third consecutive year the Bruins have earned this honor.

The Bruins join a total of 1,315 teams from across the country and at all levels to be honored with the award, topping last year's record by almost 200 teams. The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long cumulative grade-point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale or 4.10 on a 5.0 scale.

In terms of USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award winners by subgroup, girl's high school led the way with 461 recipients. In all three NCAA women's divisions, over 50 percent of the membership won the award, led by 68 percent in DI, 57 percent in DII and 53 percent in DIII. In the emerging sport of beach volleyball, 49 percent of teams won the award and in the fastest growing sector of collegiate men, 38 schools were honored, doubling the number from the previous year.

To find the complete list of 2019-20 USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award recipients click here.
To see the Team Academic All-Time Record Book click here.
To take a look at the award history and more statistics from the 2019-20 USMC/AVCA Team Academic Awards click here.

2019-20 BREAKDOWN BY CLASSIFICATION
NCAA Division I Women: 227*
NCAA Division II Women: 171*
NCAA Division III Women: 231*
NAIA Women: 66*
Two-Year College: 32*
NCCAA: 3
USCAA: 2*
Collegiate Men: 38*
High School Girls: 461*
High School Beach: 6*
High School Boys: 35
Collegiate Beach: 41
*Indicates all-time record for the category.