Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic Award and Honor Roll Honors
7/21/2025 11:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
17th-straight year Rice volleyball has earned the honors
LEXINGTON, Kent. — The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) named its 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award winners on Monday morning, with Rice University earning the honor for the 17th-straight year.
The Owls also earned the distinction of being named to the AVCA Team Academic Honor Roll, earning the honor by having a top 20% GPA in all of NCAA Division I.
Rice earned both distinctions by posting a 3.76 team GPA at the end of the school year.
To earn the honor from the AVCA, teams must carry a year-long grade point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale, or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale.
This year, 1,450 collegiate and high school volleyball teams earned the honor.
"It is very exciting to see that the record-setting, on-court successes during the 2024-25 season have extended to the classroom," says AVCA CEO Jaime Gordon. "The fact that more programs earned the Team Academic Award than ever before is evidence of how committed our coaches are when it comes to helping their players reach their goals as both students and athletes."
About the American Volleyball Coaches Association
The association's mission is to advance the sport of volleyball with AVCA coaches at the epicenter of leadership, advocacy, and professional development. The membership includes more than 10,000 collegiate, professional, high school, club, and youth volleyball coaches—primarily in the United States. The AVCA represents women's volleyball, men's volleyball, and beach volleyball coaches, and works to increase exposure and recognition for the sport of volleyball.