LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Harding volleyball team earned the United States Marine Corps and the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award Monday for its work in the classroom.

It is the sixteenth time the Lady Bisons have earned the award and the eighth straight year.

The team award is given out to high schools and universities that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3. Harding had a 3.69 GPA.