LEXINGTON, Ky. – The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) has announced the recipients of the Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT. For the third consecutive season, the Malone University volleyball team, coached by Rafael Gonzalez, has been honored.
 
A total of 1,450 high school and college volleyball programs across men, women and beach classes received the accolade. In order to be eligible, a team had maintain a year-long grade point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale.
 
"It is very exciting to see that the record-setting, on-court successes during the 2024-25 season have extended to the classroom," AVCA CEO Jaime Gordon said. "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."