Paintsville earns AVCA honors

The Paintsville High School volleyball team attended the Marshall University Varsity Team Camp earlier in the month. photo courtesy of Paintsville High School

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PAINTSVILLE — Reigning 15th Region champion Paintsville has earned the AVCA Team Academic Award and been named to the AVCA Team Academic Honor Roll.

Volleyball programs from across the nation continue to prove their dominance off the court as a record-breaking 1,450 high school and 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 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award.

“It is very exciting to see that the record-setting, on-court successes during the 2024-25 season have extended to the classroom,” said 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.”

The additional distinction of Team Academic Honor Roll celebrates programs in the top 20% of GPAs for their division.