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Rutgers Women’s Volleyball Wins 5th Straight USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award

Official Rutgers Press Release:  PISCATAWAY, N.J. – For the fifth-straight year and 10th time overall, the Rutgers volleyball program has been honored with the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for their work in…

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Official Rutgers Press Release: 

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – For the fifth-straight year and 10th time overall, the Rutgers volleyball program has been honored with the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for their work in the classroom.

Rutgers was among the 215 Division I women's teams to achieve over a 3.30 grade-point average during the 2021-22 academic year.

A school-record ten Scarlet Knights were named Academic All-Big Ten in the fall with a cumulative GPA over a 3.0, while four members of the squad were bestowed with Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades for attaining a 3.7 GPA or higher during the 2021-22 year.

Middle blocker Shealyn McNamara captured a perfect 4.0 GPA during the year while working on her master's in health administration, right-side hitter Beka Kojadinovic earned her fourth distinguished honor from the conference graduating with a degree in financial analysis while fellow right-side hitter Kamila Cieslik picked up her third distinguished academic honor earning a degree in animal sciences. Returning setter Lauren DeLo was also among this year's Big Ten Distinguished Scholars.

Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.