Volleyball Wins 10th Straight AVCA Team Academic Award

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

Creighton's 20th overall recognition is its 10th straight season being honored. CU's 20 overall recognitions are tied for 18th-most in NCAA history, and lead all BIG EAST programs. The Bluejays previously were recognized in 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors teams that displayed excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA. There were 233 Division I schools that qualified for the honor in 2024-25, including 10 teams in the BIG EAST Conference. Creighton's 10 straight honors is tied with Providence and Seton Hall for the fourth-longest active streak in the BIG EAST, trailing only, DePaul (18), Villanova (15) and St. John's (12).

The Bluejay volleyball team had a GPA of 3.47 last fall and a 3.44 mark in the spring, and owns a 3.43 cumulative GPA. Sixteen different women were named to Creighton's Dean's List (3.50 GPA or better) at least one semester during the 2024-25 academic year, and six different women owned a perfect 4.00 GPA at least once last 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.

Creighton earned a 13th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament last fall and finished the 2024 season with a 32-3 record. The Bluejays won their 11th straight regular-season BIG EAST title while also capturing the BIG EAST Tournament title for the 10th time in the past 11 seasons.

Creighton is one of 15 schools that finished last year in the AVCA Top 25 poll and received a AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT, a list 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 starts regular-season play on Aug. 23 against defending national champion Penn State at the AVCA First Serve in Lincoln, Neb.

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Volleyball Wins 10th Straight AVCA Team Academic Award

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