Avery Jolley is the 2025-26 Big South Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year! 🌟 Jolley is the first back-to-back female scholar winner since 2005-07, and earned CSC Academic All-America Third-Team honors this past season, the Big South’s first volleyball Academic All-American since 2020-21. The 2025 #BigSouthVB Player of the Year was a 2026 Big South Christenberry Award winner for Academic Excellence, as she graduated with a 4.00 in Business Administration to earn back-to-back Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors. Jolley wrapped up a historic 2025 season by earning AVCA All-Region and All-America Honorable Mention honors -- becoming just the second volleyball student-athlete in Big South history to receive both All-America honors and Academic All-America distinction in the same year.