Successful athletes, stellar students.

Women's volleyball finished a successful season in 2012, winning 20 games for the second time in the last three years and knocking off ACC opponents Wake Forest and Virginia Tech.

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On top of their on-the-court victories, the team also excelled in the most important area--the classroom. Women's volleyball earned a perfect NCAA Academic Progress Rate, and senior Molly Barlow was named the 2012 Big South Conference Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

The Public Recognition Award was High Point's third in a row. It tracks student-athlete retention and graduation rates. The Panthers have a perfect score of 1,000.

"We want to be great in everything we do," says head coach Jason Oliver. "That includes volleyball but isn't limited to the sport. We want the members of our team to be great in the community and in the classroom as well. We do whatever we can to help the team succeed, but the end result comes from the student-athletes. The members of our team are very focused on academics and understand the importance of getting a...