Eastern Illinois volleyball program has been recognized with the AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT for the 2024-25 academic year.   
 
The Panthers volleyball team has now won the award six consecutive years and 11 times overall.
 
To earn AVCA Team Academic Award honors, teams must maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale.  More than 1,400 collegiate and high school volleyball teams in both men's and women's competition earned the award this season.   The award was first initiated in the 1992–93 academic year.
 
EIU volleyball reports to campus in late July for the 2025 season which features a home exhibition match in McAfee Gym on Saturday, August 23 against Illinois State.  EIU volleyball returns to McAfee Gym this season playing at the newly renovated Gardella Family Court which is a volleyball only venue.  It marks the first time since the1980's that EIU volleyball has competed in the venue.  The first regular season match in the facility will be on Friday, September 26 against Lindenwood for Ohio Valley Conference action.
 
EIU's regular season opens on the road on August 30 at the Ohio Bobcat Tournament facing Bucknell in the opening match.