LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University volleyball team earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2025-26 academic year.
 
In addition, EKU also earned AVCA Team Academic Honor Roll distinction for having a team grade-point-average in the top 20% in NCAA Division I.
 
To earn the Team Academic Award, which began during the 1992-93 season, teams must display excellence in the classroom by maintaining a 3.30 cumulative team GPA on a 4.0 scale.
 
During the 2025-26 academic year, the Colonels had a cumulative 3.73 GPA.  During the spring semester, the team posted a 3.78 GPA, the highest by any EKU team during that semester.
 
EKU tied for second in the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2025 and advanced to the ASUN Tournament championship match.   The Colonels have won 20 or more matches in three straight seasons, the first time the program has accomplished that since 2003-05.