LEXINGTON, Kentucky – The Ouachita Baptist University volleyball team is one of more than 1,200 collegiate and high school teams to have earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for maintaining at least a 3.3 year-long grade point average for 2021-22.

This is the eighth overall team academic award for the Tigers, and fourth consecutive year to earn the honor, since the American Volleyball Coaches Association began the recognition in 1992.

Ouachita finished with a team GPA of 3.53 for the 2021-22 year. Over that period of time, a total of 11 players earned a spot on the Great American Conference All-Academic team, 10 earned a spot on the Ouachita Dean's List or President's List, two were inducted into the Phi Epsilon Kappa Honorary Fraternity, and another two graduated with magna cum laude honors for their respective bachelor's degrees.