Lexington, KY - The United States Marine Corps and the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced today that 1,333 collegiate and high school volleyball teams have earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award this season. This marks an all-time record number of programs honored for their academic achievements. The award, initiated in the 1992–93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale.
The N.C. Wesleyan volleyball program was awarded this prestigious honor for 2023 by the coach's association and recognizes academic excellence, which has been a staple of the program for many decades.
AVCA CEO spoke this afternoon to discuss the importance of the award the organization bestowed upon the program by stating, "The commitment our coaches make to help their student-athletes pursue the best versions of themselves is evident in the academic accomplishments highlighted today." said AVCA CEO Jaime Gordon. "Achievement on the court has always been closely tied to success in the classroom which is reflected by the number of championship programs honored."