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Toledo earned its 26th-straight AVCA Team Academic Award on Thursday.
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Toledo Earns AVCA Team Academic Award for 26th-Straight Season
7/23/2026 1:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Rockets trail only Indiana State for longest streak in nation
TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's volleyball program has earned its 26th-straight AVCA Team Academic Award, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced on Thursday.
The AVCA honored 1,432 collegiate and high school volleyball teams who maintained a year-long grade-point average of at least a 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or a 4.1 on a 5.0 scale.
Toledo (26), Bowling Green (26) and Indiana State (28) are the only three NCAA Division I schools that have won the AVCA Team Academic Award for at least 26-consecutive seasons.
The Rockets posted a 3.723 team GPA in the 2026 spring semester and placed five student-athletes on the Academic All-MAC Team following the program's first-ever Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance.
Junior outside hitter Olivia Heitkamp and reigning MAC Defensive Player of the Year Grace Freiberger earned College Sport Communicators Academic All-District honors following the 2025 season.
Toledo will open its 2026 season Aug. 28-29 with the Rocket Invitational Presented by Delta Hotels by Marriott Toledo. The Rockets will face Bradley on the first day at 6:00 p.m. followed by Binghamton (Noon) and Oakland (7:00 p.m.) on the second day.
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The AVCA honored 1,432 collegiate and high school volleyball teams who maintained a year-long grade-point average of at least a 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or a 4.1 on a 5.0 scale.
Toledo (26), Bowling Green (26) and Indiana State (28) are the only three NCAA Division I schools that have won the AVCA Team Academic Award for at least 26-consecutive seasons.
The Rockets posted a 3.723 team GPA in the 2026 spring semester and placed five student-athletes on the Academic All-MAC Team following the program's first-ever Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance.
Junior outside hitter Olivia Heitkamp and reigning MAC Defensive Player of the Year Grace Freiberger earned College Sport Communicators Academic All-District honors following the 2025 season.
Toledo will open its 2026 season Aug. 28-29 with the Rocket Invitational Presented by Delta Hotels by Marriott Toledo. The Rockets will face Bradley on the first day at 6:00 p.m. followed by Binghamton (Noon) and Oakland (7:00 p.m.) on the second day.
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