Cal Poly Beach Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic Award for Sixth Straight Year
7/23/2026 12:35:00 PM | Beach Volleyball
SAN LUIS OBIPSO, Calif. — For the sixth consecutive year, the Cal Poly beach volleyball team earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2025-26 academic year.
The team posted a year-long GPA of 3.55 with 24 players on the team holding a GPA of 3.5 or above.
The beach volleyball team also boasted the highest spring quarter GPA in the entire athletic department for the second year in a row.
This marks the sixth straight year Cal Poly has earned the AVCA Team Academic Award. For maintaining a year-long grade-point average of at least 3.3.
The strong academic success matches the team’s success on the sand this year as for the third straight year, the Mustangs reached the NCAA Championship Quarterfinals. They also won the Big West Championship, had four players who were named AVCA All-Americans, and nine who earned All-Big West honors.
