The Virginia Wesleyan University women's volleyball team have earned the 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award. 

The Marlins had a historic season, getting back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019 and recording their first NCAA Tournament win for the first time in program history with a 3-2 win over Springfield. The team had a record of 27-6 and were runners-up in the ODAC Championship Tournament. Had four All-ODAC players, one All-State, one All-ECAC, and one Honorable Mention All-American this season along with several broken records. 

Volleyball programs from across the country continue to prove their dominance off the court as 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."