LEXINGTON, KY.—The SUNY Potsdam women's volleyball team has earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the seventh consecutive year. The Bears have earned the award nine times including 2010-11 and 2011-12.
 
The Bears were one of 264 Division III programs and five SUNYAC schools to earn the honor.
 
First distributed after the 1992-93 season, the team award recognizes collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the academic year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point-average on a 4.0 scale.
 
The Bears posted a 14-10 overall record in 2024, 4-5 in the SUNYAC. They returned to the postseason and had two players named to All-SUNYAC teams.