HILTON, NY - The United Volleyball Conference announced its All-Academic List for the 2023 season and recognized 55 student-athletes from the league's seven full-time members for their contributions on the court and their excellence in the classroom. The Vassar College Men's Volleyball team led all UVC programs with 14 student-athletes being named to the All-Academic team while boasting the highest team GPA of the member schools.
This marks the tenth year the UVC has recognized academic achievement. Recipients of this Academic List must have a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.30 (on a 4.00 scale), a 4.10 (on a 5.00 scale) or an 82 (on a 100 point scale) following the completion of the spring semester. In addition, the student-athlete must be at least a sophomore academically, display positive conduct on and off campus and be enrolled full-time at the member institution.
League champion Vassar College led all UVC programs with 14 student-athletes honored in 2023. MIT was right behind with 12 student-athletes garnering the prestigious all-academic accolade, while Nazareth University had 11 student-athletes honored.
Additionally, five of the seven institutions were acknowledged as UVC All-Academic Teams for registering a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher for 2023 spring semester. Vassar, NYU and MIT all recorded at least a 3.5 team GPA.
2023 UVC All-Academic Teams
Institution GPA
MIT 3.51
Nazareth 3.12
NYU 3.54
St. John Fisher 3.21
Vassar 3.65
VASSAR MEN'S VOLLEYBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM HONOREES
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Year |
Major |
| Jorge |
Adames Reyes |
Senior |
Hispanic Studies |
| Gavin |
Akoto |
Sophomore |
Education & Political Science |
| Tobias |
Clark |
Sophomore |
Physics |
| AJ |
Erickson |
Junior |
Biology |
| Billy |
Fan |
Sophomore |
Biochemistry |
| Andrew |
Guaragno |
Junior |
Mathematics |
| Adam |
Gulick |
Senior |
Computer Science & Mathematics |
| Joseph |
Harrington |
Senior |
Computer Science |
| Colin |
Jones |
Junior |
Biochemistry |
| Andrew |
Kim |
Senior |
Mathematics |
| Payne |
Lounsbery |
Sophomore |
Biochemistry |
| Vaughn |
Ramsey |
Junior |
Mathematics |
| Nick |
Villamil |
Sophomore |
Political Science |
| Gavin |
van Beveren |
Senior |
Psychological Science |
