Volleyball Wins tenth Straight AVCA Team Academic Award

OMAHA, Neb. — The 2024 Creighton University volleyball crew has been honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association as a recipient of the AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT.

Creighton’s twentieth general recognition is its tenth straight season being honored. CU’s 20 general recognitions are tied for 18th-most in NCAA historical past, and lead all BIG EAST applications. The Bluejays beforehand have been acknowledged in 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022,  2023 and 2024.

The award, initiated within the 1992-93 tutorial yr, honors groups that displayed excellence within the classroom by sustaining a minimum of a 3.30 cumulative GPA. There have been 233 Division I faculties that certified for the glory in 2024-25, together with 10 groups within the BIG EAST Conference. Creighton’s 10 straight honors is tied with Providence and Seton Hall for the fourth-longest energetic streak within the BIG EAST, trailing solely, DePaul (18), Villanova (15) and St. John’s (12).

The Bluejay volleyball crew had a GPA of three.47 final fall and a 3.44 mark within the spring, and owns a 3.43 cumulative GPA. Sixteen completely different girls have been named to Creighton’s Dean’s List (3.50 GPA or higher) a minimum of one semester in the course of the 2024-25 tutorial yr, and 6 completely different girls owned an ideal 4.00 GPA a minimum of as soon as final yr.

“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 incontrovertible fact that extra applications earned the Team Academic Award than ever earlier than is proof of how dedicated our coaches are in relation to serving to their gamers attain their objectives as each college students and athletes.

Creighton earned a thirteenth consecutive journey to the NCAA Tournament final fall and completed the 2024 season with a 32-3 document. The Bluejays received their eleventh straight regular-season BIG EAST title whereas additionally capturing the BIG EAST Tournament title for the tenth time prior to now 11 seasons.

Creighton is one among 15 faculties that completed final yr within the AVCA Top 25 ballot and acquired a AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT, an inventory that consisted of Arizona State, Creighton, Dayton, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Marquette, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, TCU and Utah.

CU opens the 2025 season on Aug. 9 with its Blue-White exhibition, and begins regular-season play on Aug. 23 in opposition to defending nationwide champion Penn State on the AVCA First Serve in Lincoln, Neb.

 

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