Blue Volleyball Earns 2023 USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award

LEXINGTON, KY — Wellesley College volleyball has earned the 2023 United States Marine Corps and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (USMC/AVCA) Team Academic Award, recognizing the team for the 2022-23 academic year. The Blue have now earned the honor for four consecutive years.

The United States Marine Corps and the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced that 1,343 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.

Wellesley will open the 2023 season on Friday, September 1 when the Blue host UMass Dartmouth at 7:00 PM.

Record Number of Volleyball Programs Receive the 2023 USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award

The AVCA, an educationally based nonprofit headquartered in Lexington, KY, 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 8,000 volleyball coaches. Members include college, high school, club, and youth coaches, and well as a wide variety of product and service providers.