Eph Volleyball receives NEWVA Team Academic Award

BRISTOL, R.I. -- The New England Women’s Volleyball Association (NEWVA) announced the recipients of the 2008 NEWVA Academic Team Award. Fifteen teams earned the honor, attaining a team GPA of at least a 3.3 during the fall semester.

The NEWVA Academic Team Award was established in 2008 to recognize the hard work and dedication of the teams’ student-athletes off the court and in the classroom. Twenty-five percent of all the member programs qualified to receive the 2008 award.

2008 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.