LEXINGTON, Ky. --- The 2025-26 school year proved to be yet another academically dominant year, as 267 NCAA Division III collegiate volleyball teams maintained a year-long grade-point average of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale), to earn the 2026 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award.

Fifteen Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) programs - five men's and 10 women's - were among those programs recognized. Five institutions - Aurora University, Concordia University Wisconsin, Dominican University, Edgewood University, and Wisconsin Lutheran College - saw both their men's and women's programs recognized. Additionally, the women's programs from Benedictine University, Concordia University Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology, Lakeland University, and St. Norbert College were honored.

Four NACC women's programs - Aurora (11), Concordia Wisconsin (12), Edgewood (16), and Lakeland (10) - now have active streaks of at least a decade being recognized. The Dominican women's program received the additional distinction of Team Academic Honor Roll, which celebrates programs in the top 20 percent of GPAs for their division.

A total of 233 NCAA Division III women's programs, 30 men's programs, and four beach programs were recognized by the AVCA.
 

School Name	Team Type	State	Honor Roll	Win Streak
Aurora University	Men	IL
Baldwin Wallace University	Men	OH
Bard College	Men	NY
Calvin University	Men	MI
Carthage College	Men	WI
Concordia University Wisconsin	Men	WI
Dominican University	Men	IL
Edgewood University	Men	WI
Emerson College	Men	MA
Endicott College	Men	MA
Gallaudet University	Men	DC
Geneva College	Men	PA
Grove City College	Men	PA
Hobart College	Men	NY
Juniata College	Men	PA
Marymount University	Men	VA
Messiah University	Men	PA	Team Academic Honor Roll
MIT	Men	MA	Team Academic Honor Roll
New York University	Men	NY	Team Academic Honor Roll
Nichols College	Men	MA
Penn State Behrend	Men	PA
Springfield College	Men	MA	Team Academic Honor Roll
St. John Fisher University	Men	NY	Team Academic Honor Roll
Stevens Institute of Technology	Men	NJ	Team Academic Honor Roll	12 years
Stevenson University	Men	MD
SUNY Potsdam	Men	NY
UC Santa Cruz	Men	CA
University of Mount Union	Men	OH
Vassar College	Men	NY	Team Academic Honor Roll	11 years
Wisconsin Lutheran College	Men	WI
Adrian College	Women	MI		11 years
Albion College	Women	MI	Team Academic Honor Roll	14 years
Alfred University	Women	NY	Team Academic Honor Roll
Allegheny College	Women	PA
Alma College	Women	MI
Amherst College	Women	MA
Anderson University	Women	IN	Team Academic Honor Roll
Arcadia University	Women	PA	Team Academic Honor Roll
Asbury University	Women	KY
Augsburg University	Women	MN	Team Academic Honor Roll
Augustana College	Women	IL
Aurora University	Women	IL		11 years
Austin College	Women	TX
Baldwin Wallace University	Women	OH
Bard College	Women	NY
Belhaven University	Women	MS
Beloit College	Women	WI
Benedictine University	Women	IL
Berry College	Women	GA	Team Academic Honor Roll
Bethany Lutheran College	Women	MN
Bethel University (MN)	Women	MN		21 years
Blackburn College	Women	IL
Bluffton University	Women	OH
Bowdoin College	Women	ME	Team Academic Honor Roll	19 years
Brandeis University	Women	MA
Brevard College	Women	NC
Bridgewater College	Women	VA
Bryn Mawr College	Women	PA		13 years
Buffalo State University	Women	NY
California Lutheran University	Women	CA		14 years
Calvin University	Women	MI		17 years
Carleton College	Women	MN		19 years
Carnegie Mellon	Women	PA		10 years
Carroll University	Women	WI
Carthage College	Women	WI	Team Academic Honor Roll
Case Western Reserve University	Women	OH		19 years
Central College	Women	IA		26 years
Chapman University	Women	CA		17 years
Christopher Newport University	Women	VA
Clarkson University	Women	NY
Coe College	Women	IA		16 years
College of Saint Benedict	Women	MN	Team Academic Honor Roll	14 years
Colorado College	Women	CO		13 years
Concordia College	Women	MN
Concordia University Chicago	Women	IL
Concordia University Wisconsin	Women	WI		12 years
Connecticut College	Women	CT	Team Academic Honor Roll
Cornell College	Women	IA	Team Academic Honor Roll	14 years
Covenant College	Women	TN
Crown College	Women	MN
Denison University	Women	OH
DePauw University	Women	IN		11 years
Dickinson College	Women	PA
Dominican University	Women	IL	Team Academic Honor Roll
Earlham College	Women	IN
East Texas Baptist University	Women	TX	Team Academic Honor Roll
Eastern University	Women	PA
Edgewood University	Women	WI		16 years
Elizabethtown College	Women	PA		10 years
Elmhurst University	Women	IL
Emerson College	Women	MA	Team Academic Honor Roll	11 years
Emory University	Women	GA		17 years
Endicott College	Women	MA		11 years
Franklin & Marshall College	Women	PA
Fredonia State	Women	NY
Gallaudet University	Women	DC
Geneva College	Women	PA
Gettysburg College	Women	PA	Team Academic Honor Roll	12 years
Gordon College	Women	MA
Grinnell College	Women	IA	Team Academic Honor Roll
Grove City College	Women	PA
Guilford College	Women	NC
Gustavus Adolphus College	Women	MN	Team Academic Honor Roll	10 years
Hamilton College	Women	NY		16 years
Hanover College	Women	IN
Hardin-Simmons University	Women	TX	Team Academic Honor Roll
Haverford College	Women	PA	Team Academic Honor Roll	14 years
Heidelberg University	Women	OH
Hendrix College	Women	AR		15 years
Hollins University	Women	VA
Hope College	Women	MI		18 years
Huntingdon College	Women	AL
Husson University	Women	ME
Illinois Institute of Technology	Women	IL
Illinois Wesleyan University	Women	IL
Immaculata University	Women	PA
Ithaca College	Women	NY	Team Academic Honor Roll
John Carroll University	Women	OH
Johns Hopkins University	Women	MD	Team Academic Honor Roll	13 years
Johnson & Wales University	Women	RI	Team Academic Honor Roll
Juniata College	Women	PA	Team Academic Honor Roll
Kean University	Women	NJ
Keuka College	Women	NY
King's College	Women	PA		12 years
Lake Forest College	Women	IL
Lakeland University	Women	WI		10 years
Lebanon Valley College	Women	PA
LeTourneau University	Women	TX
Lewis & Clark College	Women	OR
Loras College	Women	IA
Macalester College	Women	MN		16 years
Maine Maritime Academy	Women	ME
Martin Luther College	Women	MN
Marywood University	Women	PA
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	Women	MA
McDaniel College	Women	MD		10 years
McMurry University	Women	TX
Meredith College	Women	NC
Messiah University	Women	PA
Methodist University	Women	NC
Middlebury College	Women	VT	Team Academic Honor Roll	21 years
Millikin University	Women	IL
Millsaps College	Women	MS
Misericordia University	Women	PA	Team Academic Honor Roll
Mississippi University for Women	Women	MS
MIT	Women	MA	Team Academic Honor Roll	20 years
Monmouth College	Women	IL
Montclair State University	Women	NJ
Mount Aloysius College	Women	PA
Mount Holyoke College	Women	MA	Team Academic Honor Roll
Mount St. Joseph University	Women	OH
Muhlenberg College	Women	PA
Nebraska Wesleyan University	Women	NE	Team Academic Honor Roll	22 years
Neumann University	Women	PA
North Carolina Wesleyan University	Women	NC
North Central College	Women	IL
North Park University	Women	IL
NYU	Women	NY	Team Academic Honor Roll	10 years
Oberlin College & Conservatory	Women	OH
Occidental College	Women	CA
Ohio Northern University	Women	OH		18 years
Ohio Wesleyan University	Women	OH
Pacific Lutheran University	Women	WA
Piedmont University	Women	GA
Plymouth State University	Women	NH
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges	Women	CA	Team Academic Honor Roll	11 years
Regis College	Women	MA
Rhodes College	Women	TN	Team Academic Honor Roll
Roanoke College	Women	VA
Rochester Institute of Technology	Women	NY
Rowan University	Women	NJ		10 years
Russell Sage College	Women	NY
Saint Mary's College	Women	IN		16 years
Saint Mary's University	Women	MN	Team Academic Honor Roll
Saint Vincent College	Women	PA
Salem State University	Women	MA
Salve Regina University	Women	RI
Sarah Lawrence College	Women	NY
Schreiner University	Women	TX
Simpson College	Women	IA		18 years
Skidmore College	Women	NY
Smith College	Women	MA	Team Academic Honor Roll
Southern Virginia University	Women	VA
Southwestern University	Women	TX
Springfield College	Women	MA		15 years
St John Fisher University	Women	NY		12 years
St. Catherine University	Women	MN		20 years
St. Lawrence University	Women	NY		12 years
St. Mary's College of Maryland	Women	MD
St. Norbert College	Women	WI
St. Olaf College	Women	MN	Team Academic Honor Roll	11 years
Stevens Institute of Technology	Women	NJ		11 years
Suffolk University	Women	MA
SUNY Brockport	Women	NY
SUNY Geneseo	Women	NY
SUNY New Paltz	Women	NY
SUNY Oswego	Women	NY
SUNY Plattsburgh	Women	NY
SUNY Potsdam	Women	NY
Susquehanna University	Women	PA		13 years
Swarthmore College	Women	PA	Team Academic Honor Roll	17 years
The College of St. Scholastica	Women	MN	Team Academic Honor Roll	11 years
The College of Wooster	Women	OH
The University of the South - Sewanee	Women	TN
Transylvania University	Women	KY
Trine University	Women	IN		14 years
Trinity College (CT)	Women	CT		10 years
Trinity University (TX)	Women	TX
Tufts University	Women	MA		10 years
UC Santa Cruz	Women	CA
University of Chicago	Women	IL	Team Academic Honor Roll	10 years
University of Dubuque	Women	IA		17 years
University of Hartford	Women	CT	Team Academic Honor Roll
University of Lynchburg	Women	VA
University of Mary Hardin Baylor	Women	TX
University of Massachusetts Boston	Women	MA
University of Minnesota Morris	Women	MN
University of Mount Union	Women	OH		18 years
University of Northwestern - St. Paul	Women	MN	Team Academic Honor Roll	18 years
University of Puget Sound	Women	WA
University of Redlands	Women	CA
University of Rochester	Women	NY
University of Scranton	Women	PA		15 years
University of Southern Maine	Women	ME
University of St. Thomas	Women	TX
University of Wisconsin La Crosse	Women	WI
University of Wisconsin Stout	Women	WI
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	Women	WI	Team Academic Honor Roll	14 years
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	Women	WI
University of Wisconsin-Platteville	Women	WI
University of Wisconsin-River Falls	Women	WI
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	Women	WI
University of Wisconsin-Superior	Women	WI
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	Women	WI
Ursinus College	Women	PA
Vassar College	Women	NY		17 years
Wartburg College	Women	IA		12 years
Washington & Jefferson College	Women	PA
Washington and Lee University	Women	VA	Team Academic Honor Roll	13 years
Washington College	Women	MD
Washington University in St. Louis	Women	MO		11 years
Webster University	Women	MO	Team Academic Honor Roll	18 years
Wellesley College	Women	MA
Wentworth Institute of Technology	Women	MA
Wesleyan (CT)	Women	CT
Western Connecticut State University	Women	CT
Westminster College (MO)	Women	MO
Westminster College (PA)	Women	PA
Wheaton College (MA)	Women	MA
Wheaton College (IL)	Women	IL		13 years
Whitman College	Women	WA	Team Academic Honor Roll
Widener University	Women	PA		13 years
Willamette University	Women	OR
William Paterson University	Women	NJ
William Peace University	Women	NC
William Smith College	Women	NY
Williams College	Women	MA	Team Academic Honor Roll	12 years
Wilmington College	Women	OH	Team Academic Honor Roll
Wisconsin Lutheran College	Women	WI
Wittenberg University	Women	OH
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Women	MA
Yeshiva University	Women	NY	Team Academic Honor Roll
York College of Pennsylvania	Women	PA
Berry College	WomenSand	GA	Team Academic Honor Roll
East Texas Baptist University	WomenSand	TX	Team Academic Honor Roll
Huntingdon College	WomenSand	AL
University of Mary Hardin Baylor	WomenSand	TX