LEXINGTON, Ky. --- The College of Charleston volleyball team is one of 189 NCAA Division I programs to earn the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award in 2018-19, presented annually by the association to any collegiate team that maintains at least a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average during the school year.
 
This marks the Cougars' 10th AVCA Team Academic Awards since its inception in 1992-93, and the program's fifth since the 2013-14 season. Beach volleyball earned its first-ever academic recognition from the AVCA as one of 41 programs to collect the honor. The Cougars maintained a 3.423 GPA as a combined indoor and beach program during the 2018-19 academic year.
 
Charleston will report for preseason the week of August 5, and will open head coach Jason Kepner's 13^th campaign at the helm with the CofC Classic on August 30 and 31 at TD Arena. The Cougars will take on defending national champion Stanford in the season opener on Friday, August 30 at 7:00 p.m.