DALLAS – The Florida Atlantic University beach volleyball team was awarded the Conference USA Sport Academic Award for beach volleyball, as announced by the league office on Wednesday.
The honor is awarded to the institution with the highest cumulative GPA for the 2022-23 academic year in each sport. After another year of excellence in the classroom and on the sand, the Sandy Owls' posted an impressive 3.563 cumulative GPA over this past academic year.
The Sandy Owls had 15 student-athletes named to the C-USA Commissioner's honor roll, while five received the league's highest honor of the Commissioner's Academic Medal. Individually,
Christine Jarman earned Conference USA All-Academic Team honors.
The Sandy Owls had a historic 2023 season, capturing their first-ever Conference USA title and the program's second-ever conference crown, as well as advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history.
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