RSC Volleyball Earns the 2026 AVCA Team Academic Award
ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Women's Volleyball earned the 2026 AVCA Team Academic Award by maintaining a year-long grade-point average of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale).
The Gators were one of 1,432 collegiate and high school volleyball teams that received the prestiguous honor.
"It comes as no surprise to see our sport have more than 1,400 teams earn the AVCA Team Academic Award again this season," said AVCA CEO Jaime Gordon. "We are grateful for the dedication of the coaches and players who make both classroom and on-court success the lifeblood of their programs."
Gator Bites with Papa John's: With the October 24 3-2 win at Elmira, RSC clinched a return trip to the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament for the second-straight fall…The Gators qualified for the E8 playoffs for the first time in program history in 2024…RSC, the six seed, fell 3-0 at SUNY Brockport, seeded third, in the Quarterfinals…Senior opposite Aniyah Kelley (Newcastle, DE/William Penn) and freshman libero Emma Curry (Goodyear, AZ/Estrella Foothills)garnered All-Conference honors…Kelley was voted to the second-team, while Curry made the third-team…Kelley topped the Gators in kills and kills per-set and went into the postseason sitting fifth in the E8 in attack percentage…Curry, tabbed the Conference's Rookie of the Week for the period ending Sunday, October 26, headed into the playoffs ranked second in the E8 in digs and digs per-set, and third in both aces and aces per-set…Seven players returned this season, including: Kelley and senior outside hitter Ashleigh Gerkman (Valatie, NY/Ichabod Crane)…Head Coach Rosilyn Cummings, who completed her third season at the helm of the Gators, added nine newcomers to this year's squad…Gerkman was selected the E8 Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, August 31.
