LEXINGTON, KY – Another year, another American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award for the UVA Wise volleyball team.

The award goes to teams that maintain a 3.3 grade point average for the year and is sponsored by INTENT.

This year 1,450 collegiate and high school men's and women's programs earned the award this year, a new record.

"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."

The UVA Wise volleyball team will open the 2025 season September 5-6 as they play in the Fairmont State Classic in Fairmont, West Virginia. They will play Palm Beach Atlantic and Slippery Rock on Friday, followed by Fairmont State and Elizabeth City State on Saturday.

They will have their home and South Atlantic Conference opener on Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. when they host Carson-Newman.

The team returns a strong nucleus of seven players from last season's squad and there are nine newcomers on the roster.