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Volleyball Earns 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award

7/21/2025 | Volleyball

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Ole Miss volleyball has been named a recipient of the 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced on Wednesday. 
 
Programs across the nation are eligible for the award if they maintain a grade-point average of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale for the academic year.
 
The Rebels have now taken home the award for four consecutive seasons and for the eighth time in program history.
 
Ole Miss joins nine other SEC programs as winners, alongside Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina and Tennessee.
 
The 2025 regular season gets underway on Friday, August 29, as the Rebels open the season against Arkansas State on the campus of Georgia Tech.
 
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