LEXINGTON, Ky. | The American Volleyball Coaches Association announced its 2018-19 AVCA Team Academic Awards, and The University of Alabama in Huntsville was one of 141 NCAA Division II teams to garner the honor.
 
This is the third straight season UAH has earned an AVCA Team Academic Award.
 
The award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.
 
The Chargers roster from the 2018-19 academic year featured a total of 15 Gulf South Conference Academic Honor Roll recipients, as the squad also boasted a 23-11 overall record and reached the GSC tournament semifinals for the first time since 2012.
 
UAH opens the 2019 campaign on Sept. 6 at Kelly Court at Spragins Hall with nonconference matches slated against Lees-McRae and West Georgia.