The 2018-19 Lakeland University women's volleyball team was honored with the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award when the AVCA recently announced its awards for the past season.

The award honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.

Lakeland was one of a record 1,125 teams honored, including one of 173 NCAA Division III women's teams to receive the award. The Muskies received the award for the fifth time in the last six years.

Lakeland posted a 22-11 overall record on the court last year and finished tied for 3rd of 12 teams in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference. Team members included:

Eliana Arbetman (Oak Park, Ill.)
Abby Baumgartner (Kewaunee, Wis.)
Shannon Bishop (River Grove, Ill.)
Natalie Borman (Harvard, Ill.)
Natalie Bova (Chicago, Ill.)
Emily Bringer (Round Lake, Ill.)
Karson Brown (Ashland, Wis.)
Emma Bruder (Frankfort, Ill.)
Allison Byrne (Luxemburg, Wis.)
Danielle Chismarick (Morris, Ill.)
Allison Errthum (Joliet, Ill.)
Davan Fleming (Cremona, Alberta, Canada)
Megan Goeser (Plymouth, Wis.)
Emily Grzesiak (Spokane, Wash.)
Erin Iwanski (St. Francis, Wis.)
Brianna Johnson (Altoona, Wis.)
Kimberly McKay (Bolingbrook, Ill.)
Marissa O'Connor (Bark River, Mich.)
Sydney Pingitore (Kenosha, Wis.)
Neenah Primas (Oostburg, Wis.)
Emilie Schartner (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.)
Nicole Van Engen (Sheboygan Falls, Wis.)
Shelby Welsh (Ogallala, Neb.)