Woodbury Native Michelle Graham Among Volleyball Team Members to Earn National Academic Excellence Award

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Concordia University, St. Paul Volleyball Team

ST. PAUL, MN (08/02/2011)(readMedia)-- As a member of the DII Concordia University, St. Paul Golden Bears volleyball team, Michelle Graham, of Woodbury, Minn., and her teammates, earned the AVCA Academic Excellence Award, which recognizes programs nationwide that average a 3.30 GPA or higher. The Concordia University, St. Paul volleyball team captured the award for the eighth consecutive year by earning a 3.475 GPA. This is the fourth straight season the team won the award in addition to capturing the national title--a feat accomplished only 13 other times since the award debuted in 1992-1993.

The AVCA chooses from 10 classification levels; all three NCAA divisions in women's volleyball, NAIA women, two-year college women, NCCAA women, NCAA men, NAIA men and high school boys and girls. Concordia has won the award every year under Head Coach Brady Starkey, who is the NCAA's winningest active coach in all three divisions.

Concordia University, St. Paul is a comprehensive, private university operated under the auspices of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and one of 10 schools that comprise the Concordia University System. Established in 1893, Concordia offers more than 50 liberal arts majors, including business, education, science, fine arts and church professions. Concordia University is also a regional leader in educating adult students, offering accelerated undergraduate and graduate programs in business, health sciences, education, criminal justice, communications and Christian outreach. Concordia is the only private university in Minnesota to offer NCAA Division II athletics for men and women. Visit us on the web: www.csp.edu.