Women’s Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic Award

BABSON PARK, Mass.—The Babson College women’s volleyball team was recognized for their success in the classroom by earning Team Academic Award honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) on Monday afternoon. 

Under the guidance of 15th-year head coach Eric Neely, the Beavers concluded the 2024-25 academic year with a 3.32 team grade-point average. Nine student-athletes were named to Babson’s Dean’s List in either the fall or spring term and five members of the program finished with at least a 3.30 GPA in both semesters. 

The AVCA Team Academic Award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale or 4.10 on a 5.0 scale. 

The Beavers were among 228 Division III programs recognized by the AVCA. In all, a record 1,450 collegiate and high school teams garnered AVCA Team Academic honors. 

Babson concluded the 2024 campaign with a record of 22-7 after falling to MIT in the NEWMAC Tournament quarterfinals. The Beavers are set to open the 2025 season on Friday, August 29, against nationally-ranked Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md.