LEXINGTON, Ky.--- As announced by the American Valley Coaches Association (AVCA), Stan State's volleyball team were named a recipient of the 2024-25 AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT. This is Stan State's third-straight year receiving this honor.

Stan State, coached by fourth-year head coach Lauren Flowers, was one of a record number of volleyball programs have earned the AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT, improving on the previous record set last year. More than 1,400 collegiate and high school volleyball programs maintained a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale), to earn the award for their classroom excellence during the recently completed academic year.

"It is very exciting to see that the record-setting, on-court successes during the 2024-25 season have extended to the classroom," says AVCA CEO Jaime Gordon. "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."

Last month, 12 Warriors were named to the Stan State Department of Athletics Spring Honor Roll in Makenna Carrillo, Sydney Hoffman, Teagan Irish, Kryslin James, Irene London, Emily Meyer, Devyn Nifo, Victoria Plumb, Shaelyn Pruiett, Christallynn Tate, and Spring transfers Lauren Hamilton and Maggie Olson.

Four Stan State volleyball players were named to the Academic All-District Team, sponsored by College Sports Information Directors in Haley Burdo, Alex Byrd, Ellison Weaver,  and Makenna Carrillo. These four along Kryslin James, Irene London, and Emily Meyer were named to the 2024-25 CCAA Fall Academic Honor Roll. 

Back in January, 14 Warriors were named to the Stan State Department of Athletics' Fall Honor Roll in Haley Burdo, Alex Byrd, Makenna Carrillo, Sydney Hoffman, Tegan Irish, Kryslin James, Autumn Kirby, Devyn Nifo, Victoria Plumb, Shaelyn Pruiett, Isabella Saucedo, Malia Tanksley, Christallynn Tate, and Ellison Weaver.

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