Volleyball earns AVCA Team Academic Award

LEXINGTON, Kentucky – The Marquette University women’s volleyball team has earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT for the 2024-25 academic year, the AVCA announced on Monday.

The Golden Eagles recorded a 3.748 GPA during the fall semester, while the remaining student-athletes and newcomers posted a 3.63 GPA this spring. Natalie Ring, Samantha Naber and Jadyn Garrison each earned a perfect 4.0 GPAs both semesters, while Yadhira Anchante, Ella Holmstrom and Hattie Bray each recorded a 4.0 GPA in at least one term.

“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 award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale or 4.10 on a 5.0 scale. Marquette has earned the honor 11 times, including in each of the last seven academic years.

About INTENT
INTENT, which is in its first year of sponsoring the prestigious award, is a game-changing, digital platform links student-athletes (along with military special ops veterans) to a powerful network of candidate-seeking employers. The tech, information and internet company guides student-athletes and service members toward professional and personal success in life after sports and service.

About the AVCA
The AVCA, an educationally based nonprofit headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, is the largest and most diverse volleyball coaches’ association in the world. With a broad mandate to develop the sport, the AVCA provides leadership, recognition, advocacy, and professional development opportunities to over 8,200 volleyball coaches. Members include college, high school, club, and youth coaches, and well as a wide variety of product and service providers. Further information is available at avca.org.

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