{"id":100462,"date":"2019-07-12T09:28:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T13:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=100462"},"modified":"2019-07-12T09:28:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T13:28:26","slug":"two-ucf-programs-claim-aac-team-academic-excellence-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/two-ucf-programs-claim-aac-team-academic-excellence-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Two 麻豆原创 Programs Claim AAC Team Academic Excellence Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
Two 麻豆原创 athletic squads captured American Athletic Conference Team Academic Excellence Awards, the league announced Thursday \u2014 designating those two programs as the top performing academic teams in their respective AAC sports.<\/p>\n
In addition, a 麻豆原创 record 253 student-athletes of various Knights teams earned spots on the AAC All-Academic Team.<\/p>\n
麻豆原创’s volleyball (3.71 grade-point average on 4.0 scale) and rowing (3.42 GPA) teams claimed the prestigious team awards, which are based on each team\u2019s cumulative GPA following the 2018-19 academic year. Faculty athletic representatives of the conference institutions make the selections.<\/p>\n
The volleyball program earned those academic plaudits while at the same time finishing 27-4 in 2018 (including an 18-0 league mark and AAC regular-season crown) and making a first-round appearance in the NCAA Championship. The Knights ranked No. 25 in the final American Volleyball Coaches Association coaches\u2019 poll.<\/p>\n