Golden Flashes Receive AVCA Team Academic Award
8/5/2014 4:12:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kent State volleyball program has been recognized by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) for its success in the classroom during the 2013-2014 academic year and has earned the Team Academic Award for the second consecutive year.
This marks the first time the Golden Flashes have received the award in back-to-back years, and sixth time overall, after earning a 3.312 cumulative GPA for the academic year.
Third-year head coach Don Gromala and his staff has placed an emphasis on academics since arriving at Kent State, resulting in the volleyball program posting some of the best semester GPAs in program history. The team concluded the academic year by earning its highest GPA since the spring of 2009 by posting a 3.378 GPA. The Flashes earned an in-season record 3.352 GPA during Gromala's first semester guiding the program in the fall of 2012.
Hannah Herc and Kelly Hutchison were named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference team following this past season, which was the first time the Flashes had multiple student-athletes receive the honor since 2008. Additionally, five Flashes received honorable mention Academic All-MAC recognition.
The Team Academic Award, which the AVCA created in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade point average.
