Emerson Women's Volleyball Receives NEWVA Academic Team Award

The Emerson College Women's Volleyball team has earned the Team Academic Award from the New England Women's Volleyball Association. Emerson is one of only 15 Division III teams in the New England region to qualify for the Award, and is the only Great Northeast Athletic Conference team to be recognized. To earn the award a team must compile a composite grade point average of 3.3 or better on a 4.0 scale for the Fall 2008 semester. Emerson qualified with a 3.319 team average.

Listed below are the NEWVA Academic Team Award winners.

Bowdoin
Brandeis
Colby
Connecticut College
Elms
Emerson
Middlebury
Mount Holyoke
Roger Williams
Springfield
Trinity
UMass Boston
Wesleyan
Williams
WPI

Established nearly 25 years ago, the New England Women’s Volleyball Association is open to all collegiate institutions in New England sponsoring Division III women’s volleyball. Membership has grown to 60 members in 2009, representing eight conferences.