The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) has recognized the Cardinals as Team Academic champions for the 2025 semester.
The programs named to this exclusive list achieved the highest GPAs in their respective divisions.
The Cardinals had a 3.847 GPA to claim the award.
Here is the inaugural list of Team Academic Champions:
- NCAA Women's Division I – St. John's University
- NCAA Women's Division II – Concordia University-St. Paul
- NCAA Women's Division III – Albion College
- NAIA Women's – Cornerstone University
- NCCAA Women's – Ohio Christian University
- 3C2A Women's – Feather River College
- NJCAA Women's Division I – Trinity Valley Community College
- NJCAA Women's Division II – Cowley College
- NJCAA Women's Division III – Sandhills Community College
- NWAC Women's – Centralia College
- NCAA Men's Division I – Harvard University
- NCAA Men's Division II – Lincoln Memorial University
- NCAA Men's Division III – Stevens Institute of Technology
- NAIA Men's – Cumberland University
- NCAA Women's Division I (Beach) – Grand Canyon University
- NCAA Women's Division II (Beach) – Hawai'i Pacific University
- NCAA Women's Division III (Beach) – East Texas Baptist University
- 3C2A Women's Beach – Feather River College
- NJCAA Women's Beach – Sandhills Community College
"We are very proud of this recognition," said TVCC athletic director Eddie Kite. "We strive to win championships, of course, but we also want our student-athletes to take care of business and excel in the classroom.
"We thank former Cardinal coach Aleah Hayes and her staff for making sure our kids understood that, as has Coach Paty (Figueriedo) since her arrival in the spring."
This marks the fourth time since 2000 the Cardinal program has received AVC honor roll recognition.
Volleyball programs from across the country continue to prove their dominance off the court as a record-breaking 1,450 collegiate and high school volleyball teams maintained a year-long grade-point average of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale), to earn the 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award.
"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."
