NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Connecticut College women's volleyball team received the AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT for the 2024-25 academic year, as announced by the American Volleyball Coaches Association on Monday afternoon.

A record number of volleyball programs were recognized—a total of 1,450 collegiate and high school teams across the nation, including 228 in NCAA Division III. To earn the honor, programs must maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale).

The Camels, who were honored for the seventh straight year and 16th time overall, finished with a 3.73 GPA for the academic year. Conn was also one of 51 Division III teams that received the additional honor of Team Academic Honor Roll, which celebrates programs in the top 20 percent of GPAs for their division.

"It is very exciting to see that the record-setting, on-court successes during the 2024-25 season have extended to the classroom," said 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."