The West Bend West girls volleyball team earned an All-Academic Team Award for the 2024-25 season by the American Volleyball Coaches Associations, which requires a collective GPA of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale for the year.

West’s volleyball team didn’t just meet the minimum requirements, it exceeded them with a collective 3.74 GPA during the spring 2025 semester. Even more impressive, six Spartan student athletes achieved perfect 4.0 GPAs — Maddie Abel, Kylee Altendorf, Avah Banks, Amelia Dubey, Paige Guse and Breleigh Ustruck.

“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,” said AVCA CEO Jaime Gordon.

This year marked a milestone in volleyball academic achievement across the country, with 1,450 collegiate and high school teams earning the AVCA Team Academic Award — the highest number ever recorded.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Vanderbilt men’s golf team announced its 2025-26 schedule on Friday, as the Commodores are slated to play in 10 tournaments during the regular season.

Vanderbilt participates in four events during the fall and will compete in six spring tournaments before beginning NCAA postseason play on May 18-20 at the NCAA Regionals. Vanderbilt seeks a 12th-straight appearance at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships, which takes place May 29-June 3 at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California.

The Commodores once again host the Mason Rudolph Championship at Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tennessee, on April 3-5. Senior Wells Williams is looking to defend his Mason Rudolph title, as he won last season’s tournament with a 54-hole score of 15-under 198.

Vandy, who enters Year 14 under the guidance of Thomas F. Roush, M.D. and Family Vanderbilt Men’s Golf Head Coach Scott Limbaugh, opens the 2025-26 campaign at the Carmel Cup in Pebble Beach, California, on Aug. 29-31. It will be the 11th time that the Commodores have played in the Carmel Cup, while it’s their first appearance since 2021-22.

The Dores play in two events during the month of September. First, traveling to Ooltewah, Tennessee, for The Invitational at the Honors on Sept. 15-16. Vanderbilt then returns to Fort Worth, Texas on Sept. 29-30 for the the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational at Colonial Country Club. It will be the fourth-straight season that the Commodores have played in the Ben Hogan Collegiate.

Vanderbilt closes the fall portion of its 2025-26 schedule on Oct. 13-15  in Charleston, South Carolina for The Bryson Invitational. It is the first time the Dores will play in the tournament held at Daniel Island Club.

After the winter break, the Commodores return to action in a pair of familiar tournaments. Vanderbilt begins the spring season on Feb. 16-17, as the Dores will play in their fourth-straight Watersound Invitational in Panama City, Florida. Vandy then travels to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on March 1-3 for the Cabo Collegiate. It will be the 12th time that the Dores travel to Twin Dolphin Golf Club.

Vanderbilt closes March with a visit to the Linger Longer Invitational on March 20-22. It is the first time since the 2022-23 season that the Dores will make an appearance at Great Water at Lake Oconee.

The Dores return home to host the Mason Rudolph Championship on April 3-5 at Vanderbilt Legends Club. Vandy will be seeking its 12th Mason Rudolph team title overall this season, while the Commodores have won seven of their last eight home tournaments.

The regular season comes to an end on April 13-14 at the Mossy Oak Collegiate Championship in West Point, Mississippi, the hometown of senior Wells Williams. It will be the second time that Vanderbilt has made the journey to Mossy Oak Golf Club, as the last visit came during the 2021-22 season, where the Dores won the team title.

The 2026 SEC Men’s Golf Championship will be held in its traditional location at the Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Georgia. The Commodores are looking to advance to the title match at the SEC Championship for the fifth time in the last six seasons. Vanderbilt has won the SEC Championship three times, which came in 2017, 2021, and 2022.

NCAA postseason play begins May 18-20 at the NCAA Men’s Golf Regionals. The six locations for the 2026 NCAA Regional events are as follows with the host school in parentheses. Athens, Georgia, (Georgia), Bermuda Run, North Carolina, (Wake Forest), Bryan, Texas, (Texas A&M), Columbus, Ohio, (Ohio State), Corvallis, Oregon, (Oregon State) and Maricopa, Arizona (Arizona State).

The 2026 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships will be held for the third-straight year at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California, from May 29-June 3.

For more information on the Vanderbilt men’s golf team, follow @VandyMGOLF on Instagram and Twitter/X.

Hoboken, N.J. – The Stevens Institute of Technology women’s volleyball team will look to claim another Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom Championship as they announced their 2025 campaign. 
 
The season begins on August 29 in Haverford, Pennsylvania, with a 5 p.m. contest against Union College, followed by matchups the next day against Stockton University and host Haverford College. The Ducks then head to New York City for a trio of matches at NYU, beginning with Susquehanna University on September 5, followed by Gallaudet University and a Saturday evening match against NYU on September 6. Stevens opens the home slate on Saturday, September 13, hosting Tufts University at 11:30 a.m., and concluding with the Ducks taking on Drew University at 4:30 p.m.
 
The action continues with a packed weekend of home matches on September 19-20. Stevens will host Sarah Lawrence, Springfield College, and Oneonta across the two-day stretch, as well as several neutral-site contests featuring the same visiting teams. Conference play begins on September 24 with a road match at Misericordia University, followed by a September 30 visit to Lebanon Valley College.
 
Stevens continues its road stretch on October 4 with a tri-match at Montclair State, where the Ducks will face the host Red Hawks and Hunter College. The Ducks return to conference action at home on October 8 against FDU-Florham. On October 11, Stevens hosts Washington and Lee and the University of Scranton in a tri-match at Canavan Arena. The Ducks head to Center Valley, Pa. on October 14 to face DeSales University in a key MAC Freedom matchup before competing in a weekend tri-match at Cortland, taking on Ithaca College, host Cortland, and Bard College on October 17–18. 
 
They wrap up the regular season with three straight MAC Freedom matches: at home against King’s College (Pa.) on October 22, Arcadia University on October 28, and at Delaware Valley University on November 5. In between, the Ducks face William Paterson University on October 30 and close the home schedule with a November 1 tri-match against WPI and Eastern University. The final match of the regular season is a non-conference tilt against New Paltz on Friday, November 7 in Hoboken.
 
The postseason gets underway on November 12 with the MAC Freedom Semifinals, with the Championship Match on November 15.
 

Women’s Track and Field | 7/25/2025 11:29:00 AM

PITTSFORD, N.Y. – Six St. John Fisher University women’s track and field student-athletes have been named to the 2025 Division III Women’s Track and Field All-Academic Team, presented by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Athletes must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.30 through their most recent semester to be eligible for the distinction. Athletes also must have finished either top 50 in any individual event or top 35 as a member of a relay event. Additionally, athletes are eligible if they competed in an individual or relay event at the indoor or outdoor national championships.

St. John Fisher’s 2025 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes

Abigail Dorunda, rising sophomore nursing major 

Veronica Duell, graduated senior biology major 

Ciarra Franz, graduated senior nursing major  

Kathryn Hillyard, rising sophomore nursing major 

Sophia Leach, rising junior psychology major 

Caitlin Voloshen, rising senior pharmaceutical studies major

SEATTLE – Seattle U volleyball secured its final piece from the class of 2029, welcoming freshman Tiana Mariner to the program ahead of the fall 2025 season, as announced by head coach Dan Behnke.
 
The Lehi, Utah native joins the Redhawks following four years on varsity at Skyridge High School. She has played club volleyball with a Club V team since her freshman year.
 
During her tenure, Mariner helped lead Skyridge to the 5A State Championship title in her sophomore season. That season she collected All-County First Team, All-Conference First Team and All-Region First Team honors while also being recognized on the All-Area Second Team and All-State Second Team. In her senior season, she was named All-Conference First Team for the second time, while also earning All-State Second Team honors.
 
In her first season, she assisted Skyridge to a conference and regional championship, later earning All-County, All-Region and All-Conference honorable mentions.
 
The defensive specialist’s success extended into the classroom, as she collected honor roll all four years.
 
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“I actually played competitively for Queenstown in the local scene until in my 50s,” he added.

Ms Cheong also served as vice-president of swimming with the Singapore Swimming Association for a short period of time. But her relationship with her sport was slightly more complicated.

“It’s more of a love-hate thing. I was burnt out already by the time I quit the sport, I really didn’t want to touch the water so much, I didn’t train by myself a lot. If I do, I’d just go and do a few laps,” she said.

“But I would say that over the recent years, I have come to terms with my past. That ‘hate’ part is gone, I’m much more comfortable going back.”

When the opportunity to take part in the Masters Championships in Singapore this year came up, the husband-and-wife duo decided to take the plunge.

“He was the instigator. He was the one talking to me about it,” said Ms Cheong.

“How often does Singapore host this?” added Mr Koh. “I was pretty excited.”

But it is also not without a sense of trepidation.

“A bit fearful in the sense that water polo is a fitness game, and we’re all so out of shape. Getting the team together was a bit intimidating,” said Mr Koh.

“But other than that, we always try to remind ourselves that we train a bit differently. Now, we don’t do so much sprints because we’re all old.”

Ms Cheong will compete in two relays – the 4x50m freestyle and the 4x50m medley – with some former teammates.

“Three of us are old teammates … We trained together, we were from the same club before. So it’s more of for old times’ sake,” she said.

More than competing, the pair are looking forward to simply doing sport together again.

“It’s nice to do things together. Even though we are in different venues, with different timings (for our events),” said Mr Koh.

‘I used to watch him training. Those were really fun times. Now, less so because 40 years have passed, and we’ve been working,” added Ms Cheong. “It would be really nice to go watch him again.”