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Hall Volleyball Wins BIG EAST Team Academic Excellence Award
8/4/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
BIG EAST Release
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - In a year that saw it makes its first NCAA Tournament in program history, the Seton Hall volleyball team has been named a BIG EAST Team Academic Excellence Award winner, the league announced Tuesday (Aug. 4). The honor is based on the 2014-15 grade-point average of each student-athlete who appeared on an institution's roster as of the last contest of the championship segment in each conference-sponsored sport.
The Pirates recently placed 12 members on the BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team, representing over 90 percent of the 2014 roster. The Hall was also a recipient of the NCAA public recognition award, one of a department-best six programs to receive the honor this academic year. Earlier this week SHU earned an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award honors for the 2014-15 season.
Shelbey Manthorpe received a BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award in July, awarded to a student-athlete in each league-sponsored sport based on academic credentials, athletic accolades or performances and volunteer service to the community. Manthorpe, an AVCA All-America Honorable Mention in 2014, also took home the Seton Hall Co-Senior Athlete of the Year Award and was the 2014-15 BIG EAST Michael Tranghese Postgraduate Leadership Award winner.
The Hall went 28-8 in 2014, advancing to the BIG EAST Championship title game before receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Pirates under fourth-year head coach Allison Yeager open the 2015 campaign on Aug. 28 against Nebraska-Omaha at the UNLV Invitational in Las Vegas.
