{"id":46354,"date":"2019-07-23T14:24:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T19:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=46354"},"modified":"2019-07-23T14:24:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T19:24:17","slug":"volleyball-picks-up-team-academic-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=46354","title":{"rendered":"Volleyball picks up team academic award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LEXINGTON, Ky. &#8211; The Fort Hays State volleyball team picked up its fifth-straight American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award, announced Monday (July 22) by the association. The Tigers turned in a team GPA of 3.523 over the 2018-19 school year, their highest mark over at least the last five years. FHSU was one of 142 NCAA Division II programs to earn the distinction.<br><br> The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors 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 4.00 scale.<br><br> The high team GPA was aided by 19 Tigers earning a spot on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll (3.0 GPA or higher). Additionally, four players turned in a perfect 4.00 GPA in 2018-19, including <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffhsuathletics.com%2fservices%2fgo.ashx%2f01cfaa1c-1226-477b-9e5d-2a49c3fe7af1%3felinkdata%3d133066&amp;c=E,1,saRDzCZRkTN8aFsaNL5FzO3-jNk0Fk5u5S3RC-Fov1NkiMnjJ4qMTiUD8opUidzcn6f6yD3523hUNtF85KN8Q6n4_KOpK37eIRVCX-UEo3VEGr4D&amp;typo=1\">Tatum Bartels<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffhsuathletics.com%2fservices%2fgo.ashx%2fa358d161-f9cd-4ee1-bc11-a35c1a90ad11%3felinkdata%3d133066&amp;c=E,1,CcmKHb3gOJ9gn-EmTMvbl9HArLQjp5hIuXFYwZ4RYLZh47f5qA2Dv2sKFQbRLu07XI0NrvG_OwaJr-7-iFsQs6ggTnCIkepZyA83udgNw_kOKMbyQLzWt45iRw,,&amp;typo=1\">Kyra Bellows<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffhsuathletics.com%2fservices%2fgo.ashx%2fb04a9ef4-26ac-4f38-bc7c-cb18bd127c0d%3felinkdata%3d133066&amp;c=E,1,I6eNctsi6ZUki6cGKJiRQh8RzTaRGkqQy3gsiEshc0q87FxH0cEJzDa1vpWBAljJp1kmAG2o_1CtMiqnR5YpXaoReVZt7Z6-9S7rLXcr8qP-CHY,&amp;typo=1\">Katie Darnell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffhsuathletics.com%2fservices%2fgo.ashx%2f36a45962-97c1-4d32-9882-35b40d99b2f7%3felinkdata%3d133066&amp;c=E,1,qvSHtJb8oj2TvHFTHexIPpJ_no-wLE8tVJmiwGoEPm0ShxnzK2llE1GF8_CUUZbicNkBPJGYJfwoJ89NIyVdjFUZrIK8lBSwEHDql4Xc&amp;typo=1\">Kayla Vitztum<\/a>. 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