LEXINGTON, Ky. - The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) have announced the 2024 AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT. For the fifth-consecutive year, the Columbia College volleyball team have received this honor.

The AVCA Team Academic Award is sponsored by INTENT.  INTENT, which is in its second year of sponsoring the prestigious award, is a game-changing, digital platform that links student-athletes (along with military special ops veterans) to a powerful network of candidate-seeking employers.  The tech, information, and internet company guide student-athletes and service members toward professional and personal success in life after sports and services.

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.

Columbia College was one of 74 NAIA teams to receive recognition this year. 

"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."