INDIANAPOLIS, IND. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis had a record number of seven teams recognized as recipients of the 2015-16 Team Academic All-GLVC Award, as announced Tuesday by the league.
 
Volleyball (3.56), women's golf (3.48), women's swimming (3.40), men's golf (3.39), women's soccer (3.39), men's tennis (3.38) and women's tennis (3.36) were all recognized by the conference for maintaining a 3.30 grade point average for the academic year.
 
The Tritons had just two teams honored last year, while the previous high of four teams was recognized during the 2013-14 year. UMSL, along with Illinois Springfield, tied for the largest academic growth. In all, a total of 137 teams were honored by the GLVC, surpassing the previous conference record of 119 set last year.
 
The Saint Joseph's men's tennis program registered the conference's highest team GPA during the 2015-16 academic year with a 3.84. Finishing second was the Drury women's soccer team with a 3.78 GPA, followed by the Rockhurst women's soccer team in third at 3.74.

After a 2014-15 campaign that saw a league record five schools each finish the season with 10 or more teams above a 3.30, a total of seven eclipsed the mark this season, led by Lewis University with 13 – a new conference mark. Bellarmine, Rockhurst and Truman State followed with 11 teams each, while Drury, Maryville and McKendree each boasted 10 teams.
 
There were a total of 105 women's teams and 32 men's squads tabbed for the honor, which marks an increase of eight and 10, respectively, from a year ago.

Volleyball continued its reign as the sport with the most honors, as 15 of the 16 member institutions saw their respective volleyball squads above a 3.30. While women's soccer followed in second with 14 school winners, it was also a near sweep for women's tennis and women's cross country. Both sports field 14 programs and they each had 13 member institutions recognized. Women's basketball and women's golf each had 12 school honorees, while softball (11) was the only other sport with 10 or more program winners.

After tennis led all men's sports for five straight seasons, cross country has now taken the title with eight programs recognized in 2015-16. Soccer trails with seven schools, followed by golf and tennis with six award winners each.  

Women's cross country (3), soccer (3) and volleyball (3) were all tied for the sport most commonly found atop each school's list. The remaining seven schools were led by women's golf (2), men's tennis (2), women's tennis (2), and men's golf (1).