LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Wheaton College (Mass.) women's volleyball team earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT, it was announced by the AVCA. 

The award, initiated in the 1992–93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale for the recently completed academic year.

"We are pleased that the record-setting success of the 2023-24 season on the court has extended to the classroom, too, as evidenced by more programs earning the Team Academic Award than ever before," says AVCA CEO Dr. Jaime Gordon. "This is a great example of how committed our coaches are when it comes to helping their players reach their full potential as both students and athletes."

The Lyons earned a team GPA of 3.48 for the 2023-24 academic year and boasted nine student-athletes with a 3.5 or better GPA, including four Wheaton women's volleyball players with a perfect 4.0 for the year. The Lyons have earned the award four straight years and for the seventh time overall.

Wheaton finished the season with a 14-14 record, including 5-6 in conference play and captured the seventh seed in the NEWMAC Championship Tournament, before bowing in the Quarterfinals. Six members of the squad were also named to the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team.