DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. – The Mercy University Women's Volleyball Team has earned the 2026 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award this season. The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale.

The Mavericks earn the award for the fourth straight year and the fifth time in program history. Mercy finished the academic year with a 3.64 cumulative GPA. The team posted a 3.57 GPA in the fall and a 3.72 GPA in the spring.

Mercy went 22-5 in 2025, winning their first ECC Regular Season and Tournament Championships since 2001 and advancing to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2001.