LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of South Carolina Aiken was one of 1,125 teams honored by the AVCA with the Team Academic Award for the 2018-19 academic year.

This marks the sixth time the program has picked up the honor.

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 AVCA Team Academic Award is the single largest award offered by quantity of schools, players and coaches honored. Since the 2000-2001 season, the number of recipients has increased every single year but two, while more than doubling the total over the last eight academic years. Since the award's inception in 1993, the amount of award winners has increased from 62 to its current number of 1,125.

Head coach Glenn Cox's team was equally as impressive on the court in 2018. The team reached the Sweet 16 for the second time in the program's history en route to a 23-5 overall record while claiming the PBC regular-season championship.