Breakdown by classification
NCAA DI Women: 46; NCAA DI Men: 1; NCAA DII Women: 31; NCAA DIII Women: 48; NAIA Women: 27; NCCAA Women: 1; Two-Year College Women: 7; High School Girls: 139; High School Boys: 4.

Stanford University men's volleyball became the first-ever men's collegiate program to earn the award.

This year marked the most awards earned in Division II (31), Division III (48), NAIA (27) and high school boys and girls combined (143). Division I women's programs (46) and two-year colleges (7) listed their second-highest award totals. Forty seven and nine are the most awards earned by each classification, respectively.

Ironwood Ridge High School (Oro Valley, Ariz.) and Thomas McKean High School (Wilmington, Del.) had both boys' and girls' teams earn the honor in 2003-04.

First-time winners in 2003-04: 65 of 139 HS Girls; 3 of 4 HS Boys; 3 of 7 TYC; 1 of 1 NCCAA; 8 of 27 NAIA; 18 of 48 DIII; 10 of 31 DII; 14 of 46 DI Women; 1 of 1 DI Men.

History, Awards Won and Streaks
In its 12-year history, the AVCA Team Academic Award has been earned by: 108 DI programs (men and women); 63 DII schools; 91 DIII schools; 54 NAIA schools; 2 NCCAA schools; 17 two-year colleges; and approximately 390 high school girls and boys teams.

Two teams have earned the academic award each of the 12 years of its existence: Jonesboro High School (Jonesboro, Ark.) and Ross S. Sterling High School (Baytown, Texas).

Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.), a Division II institution, Immaculate Conception High School (Elmhurst, Ill.) and Stillwater Area High School (Stillwater, Minn.) have earned the award 11 times in 12 years.

Schools with 10 awards to their credit are: Batavia High School (Batavia, Ill.), Fergus High School (Lewistown, Mont.), Marysville High School (Marysville, Mich.), Division I Morehead State University (Morehead, Ky.), Division I University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NAIA College of Saint Mary (Omaha, Neb.), Trinity Preparatory School (Winter Park, Fla.).

Leading the Division III ranks are the College of Saint Benedict (St. Joseph, Minn.) and the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire each have eight awards. Two-year colleges are topped by Southwestern Community College (Creston, Iowa) having earned seven designations.

Eighteen boys' high school teams have won the award, including four in 2003-04. The most boys' teams to earn the academic distinction in one year were five in 1993-94. Wheeling High School Boys (Wheeling, Ill.) has won the most awards with eight.

Awards by State
This year schools from 43 states, the District of Columbia and Korea (2) won the award. Historically, 48 states, the District of Columbia and two countries outside the United States (Canada and Korea) have been represented.

Thirteen states placed 10 or more institutions on the list: 22 Texas; 18 Pennsylvania; 16 Illinois; 15 New York and Wisconsin; 14 Nebraska; 13 Kansas and Michigan; 12 Minnesota and Ohio; 11 California and Missouri; and 10 Colorado.

Success On and Off the Court
Some of this year's award recipients achieved success on the court, as well as in the classroom. A total of 36 teams that earned the 2003-04 AVCA Team Academic Award also earned a berth in their respective collegiate postseason tournaments.

The national runner-up teams in both NCAA Division II and Division III were also earned the award in Concordia University (Minn.) and New York University, respectively.

Five of eight region champions in the 2003 NCAA Division III Championship field won the AVCA Team Academic award in Emory University (Ga.), New York University, Ohio Northern University, Williams College (Mass.) and the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Historically, five teams have attained the pinnacle of volleyball success in winning both the AVCA Team Academic Award and their respective national championship in the same academic year. Those teams are NAIA's Dickinson State University (N.D.) in 2000-01 and then-NAIA University of Puget Sound (Wash.) in 1993-94, Division III Central College (Iowa) in 2000-01, Division II Barry University (Fla.) in 1995-96 and most recently Division I Stanford University (Calif.) in 2001-02.