LEXINGTON, Ky. – The South Dakota volleyball team received the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award for the 2022-23 season. South Dakota is one of 201 Division I schools to make the list and one of 1,332 total teams to be honored.
 
The award honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining a 3.30 cumulative team GPA on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.
 
This marks the ninth-straight year that the Coyotes have earned the honor and the 10^th recognition overall.
 
The Coyotes sported a 3.71 team GPA during the season, which helped boost them into the top 20 percent of Division I schools.