ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT Women's Volleyball team received the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award for the 2024-25 academic year.
 
The Tigers were honored for the eighth time the last nine seasons for maintaining better than a 3.30 team grade point average. RIT has won the award 16 times since 2003 – tied for the 54th highest total out of 371 NCAA Division III programs.
 
Over 1,400 teams across the NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, junior college and high school levels were recognized on the list.
 
RIT finished the 2024 season with a 19-14 record, including a 4-4 Liberty League record to clinch its sixth-consecutive and 10th overall Liberty League Tournament appearance since joining the conference 13 years ago. The fifth-seeded Tigers upset fourth-seeded Union, 3-2 (25-22, 13-25, 25-21, 13-25, 15-13) to advance to their ninth Liberty League Tournament Semifinal, before falling at top-seeded Ithaca, 3-0 (25-10, 25-21, 25-16).