Volleyball receives USMC-AVCA Team Academic Award for 15th consecutive season

By Wes Mayberry

| 2022-23 USMC-AVCA Team Academic Award Release | 2022-23 USMC-AVCA Team Academic Award Recipients |

ADA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team received the USMC-AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2022-23 academic year by the United States Marine Corps and American Volleyball Coaches Association.

This marks the 15th consecutive year and 21st time since the program's inception in 1992 that ONU has earned the honor.

A record-setting 1,333 collegiate and high school teams from across the country received the award, which honors teams that maintain a year-long grade point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale.

ONU was among eight OAC teams and 229 NCAA Division III programs that were honored this year.

The Polar Bears finished the 2022 season at 16-10 overall and tied for second place in the OAC with a 6-3 mark.

Northern opens its 2023 season at the Cedar Point Invitational on Sept. 1-2 under first-year head coach Sophie Windover.