NEW ULM, Minn. - The Martin Luther College volleyball team earned the Team Academic Award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).

A total of 176 teams in NCAA Division III earned the honor, which goes to teams that finished the academic year with a team grade point average (GPA) of 3.3 or higher.

MLC is one of three Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) programs to receive the honor.

During the fall semester, the Knights finished with a team GPA of 3.562, the highest of any volleyball team in the UMAC. The Knights also finished with 10 individual Academic All-UMAC honorees following the 2018 season.

You can see the full release from the AVCA if you click here. 

To view the list of schools to earn the Team Academic Award from the AVCA, click here.