6/22/2010Two UIS Squads Earn GLVC Team Academic AwardsINDIANAPOLIS – The UIS women’s volleyball and women’s tennis teams earned Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Team Academic Awards the league announced today. The GLVC recognizes each team from member institutions that maintains a 3.30 grade point average for the academic year and 66 teams have earned the honor in the inaugural year of the award. The Prairie Star volleyball squad posted a 3.44 GPA while the women’s tennis team had a 3.42. There were a total of 51 women’s teams selected for the honor in 2009-10 and 15 men’s teams. On the women’s side, 10 volleyball teams posted a GPA of 3.30 or better to lead all GLVC sports for the most teams represented on the distinguished list. Women’s soccer followed with nine teams and there were eight GLVC women’s cross country teams earn the honor. On the men’s side, tennis had the most teams represented with six. Soccer and golf followed with three each.
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