LEXINGTON, KY. – The Bryant University women’s volleyball team has been recognized with the 2025 Team Academic Award by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA), honoring its outstanding performance in the classroom.

The Bulldogs posted a 3.73 team GPA in the spring and a 3.69 GPA in the fall. Sixteen student-athletes earned Dean’s List honors in both semesters. London Hunt and Arianna Ugolini were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team, and the program also received the Bryant Athletics Academic Excellence Team Award earlier this year.

Carrina Barron, Nina Gavin, and Madison Koeller recorded perfect 4.0 GPAs in both semesters, with Gavin maintaining a 4.0 GPA for every term of her collegiate career. Fabi Castro and Morgan Smith achieved 4.0s in the fall, while Natalie Ricevuto, Kaitlyn Rossini, Claudia Camacho-Castro, Ana Fuertes-Brito, and Carolina Camacho earned 4.0s during the spring semester.

ATLANTA – For the fourth-straight season, Boise State women’s basketball earned a spot in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Academic Top 25 Division I Team Honor Roll, the WBCA announced Tuesday.

The Broncos posted a team GPA of 3.803, second to Green Bay (3.862). It is the highest national ranking in school history. Boise State is one of six schools nationally to earn a spot in the rankings each of the last four seasons. The Broncos have three top 10 rankings in that span, with only Green Bay having more.

The Broncos’ four top 25 rankings in the last four years are more than the rest of the Mountain West combined with Wyoming (three appearances) being the only other school ranked during that time.

The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA and two-year college women’s basketball teams across the nation that carry the highest combined GPA inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2024-25 season is the 30th in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.

The full Division I top 25 is listed below.

Rank	Institution	Head Coach	GPA
1	Green Bay	Kayla Karius	3.862
2	Boise State	Gordy Presnell	3.803
3	Youngstown State	Melissa Jackson	3.781
4	Western Illinois	JD Gravina	3.775
5	South Dakota State	Aaron Johnston	3.760
6	Creighton	Jim Flanery	3.757
7	DePaul	Jill Pizzotti	3.750
8	Drake	Allison Pohlman	3.741
9	California Baptist	Jarrod Olson	3.733
10	Utah Valley	Dan Nielson	3.716
11	Davidson	Gayle Fulks	3.711
12	Saint Peter’s	Jennifer Leedham	3.700
13	Tennessee Tech	Kim Rosamond	3.699
14	Montana State	Tricia Binford	3.694
15	Wyoming	Heather Ezell	3.692
16	Maine	Amy Vachon	3.691
17	Cleveland State	Chris Kielsmeier	3.685
18	Northern Kentucky	Jeff Hans	3.678
19	Kent State	Todd Starkey	3.669
T20	Manhattan	Heather Vulin	3.667
T20	Milwaukee	Kyle Rechlicz	3.667
22	Iowa State	Bill Fennelly	3.658
23	Lafayette	Kia Damon-Olson	3.630
24	Purdue Fort Wayne	Maria Marchesano	3.624
25	Northern Iowa	Tanya Warren	3.621

HOUSTON – University of Houston Head Coach David Rehr added a trio of new support staff entering the 2025 season, the team announced Tuesday. Cougar great Kate Georgiades and two-time All-American at Arizona State Claire Jeter join Rehr’s staff as graduate assistants while Simone Sardanelli will serve as technical coordinator.
 
Both Georgiades and Jeter bring Big 12 playing experience to the coaching staff after Georgiades completed a storied career with Houston in 2024, and Jeter shined as a middle blocker for Arizona State from 2021-2024. Sardanelli arrives in Houston following time in Italy’s professional volleyball system.
 
ABOUT KATE GEORGIADES | GRADUATE ASSISTANT
Georgiades, Houston’s first four-time All-American and All-Conference First Team selection, quickly rejoins the team following her final collegiate season in 2024. One of the best players to come through the storied Houston program, Georgiades completed her playing career with 2,562 digs, the 22^nd most in NCAA history. 
 
Georgiades was also a three-time Conference Libero of the Year honoree, collecting the accolade from The American in 2021 and 2022 as well as the Big 12 Conference in 2023, Houston Athletics’ first positional player of the year in the league. She finished her Cougar career with the third-most digs (2,335) in program history with the second-most digs per set (5.07).
 
Georgiades spent the spring and summer as Houston’s latest professional Cougar, playing with the Pro Volleyball Federation’s Columbus Fury after being the second from the program drafted by the league. In 54 sets, she recorded 171 digs with her average of 3.17 per set ranking second on the team. 
 
ABOUT CLAIRE JETER | GRADUATE ASSISTANT

Jeter arrives in Houston following a standout career for Arizona State after a year at Texas A&M. An AVCA All-American in both 2023 and 2024, Jeter finished her collegiate eligibility with 462 blocks as well as 933 kills, a .355 hitting percentage and 109 aces.
 
Jeter finished third on Arizona State’s career blocks list with 451, the most by a Sun Devil since 1990. She also broke the team’s career block assists record with 379. In her senior season, she hit .426, leading the Big 12 and ranking 10^th nationally. 
 
Overall, she earned All-Big 12 First-Team honors in her lone season in the league with All-Pac 12 Honorable Mention accolades in 2023. She was also a VolleyballMag.com All-American in 2024 and an AVCA All-Region honoree in both 2023 and 2024. 
 
ABOUT SIMONE SARDANELLI | TECHNICAL COORDINATOR
Sardanelli joins the Cougar staff following both international playing and coaching careers in Italy. Following 10 seasons playing professional volleyball at various levels, including stints in Italy’s top division, Sardanelli shifted to technical staff, assisting at multiple levels including in SuperLega. 
 
Sardanelli began play with Vibo Valentia in SuperLiga, Italy’s top division, in 2013. He continued with the team as they transitioned to Serie A2, winning the Serie A2 Italian Cup in both 2015 and 2016. Following a loan to Lagonegro in 2017-19, he rejoined Vibo Valentia in SuperLiga and aided the team as it finished fifth in 2020-21 and qualified for the playoffs in the best season in the team’s history. After playing with Galatina in Serie A3 in 2021-22, he retired as a player and shifted to technical staff.
 
Sardanelli began coaching with Taranto in SuperLega for the 2022-23 season, providing technical and tactical support during the season while conducting the team’s scouting and analytic efforts. For the next season, he joined Vero Volley as an Assistant Sporting Director, helping to push the club to one of its most historic seasons as the team reached the finals in six out of seven competitions across the men’s and women’s teams. 
 
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NEW ORLEANS, La. – Seven Navy track and field athletes and the teams as a whole earned academic honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the 2024-25 season, the organization announced on Monday.  Pete deJonge, Layne Rivera, Brian Schloeder, Murphy Smith, Zoie Tesi, Sheldon Ulmer and Caleb Walker were named to the All-Academic Team.
 
Navy’s men’s and women’s programs were also recognized as All-Academic Teams for each attaining a team GPA of 3.00 or higher for the academic year. This marks the seventh-consecutive year the men’s team (3.22) has earned the honor and it is the fifth-straight year in which the women’s team (3.21) has garnered the accolade.
 
Individually, recent graduates deJonge and Walker were honored for the second time, while 2025 graduates Rivera and Smith, rising junior Ulmer and rising sophomores Schloeder and Tesi received All-Academic Team recognition for the first time in their careers.
 
To be eligible for individual distinction, a student-athlete must have posted a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.25 on a 4.0 scale and must have completed at least two (2) semesters or three (3) quarters at the nominating institution.
 
Additionally, a student-athlete must meet the following athletic criteria for the award: for the indoor season, student-athletes must have finished the season ranked in the top 96 in any championship individual event, or in the top 48 in any championship relay event; for the outdoor season, nominees must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships (the Preliminary and/or the Final Championship) or for the multi-events, must have finished the season ranked in the top 48 in the east or top 48 in the west.