Cowgirls Again Receive AVCA Team Academic Award

18^th straight season UW was honored

LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 23, 2026) – For the 18^th consecutive season, the Wyoming Cowgirls were named to the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2025-26 academic year.

The Cowgirls were one of 1,432 schools across college and high school to have maintained a team GPA of 3.30 or better for the academic year. As a team, UW had a GPA of 3.51 in 2025-26 while Paige Lauterwasser was named to the CSC Academic All-District Team. The Cowgirls also had 12 on the Academic All-Mountain West Team.

Wyoming Volleyball reports to fall camp July 29 with the first day of practice slated for the 30^th. The Cowgirls officially kick off the season August 28 at 6:30 p.m., inside the Arena-Auditorium as Texas Tech comes to Laramie to open the Rumble in the Rockies Tournament.

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