Six California volleyball players have been named to the Fall All-ACC Academic Team, as announced by the conference Wednesday. To be eligible for the award, volleyball student-athletes must have been enrolled at the institution for at least one academic year, have a 3.00-or-higher GPA (both cumulative and in the most recent two terms) and have participated in at lest 50% of their team's contests.
 
This is the second straight All-ACC Academic honor for Peyton DeJardin, Sophia Johnson, Ashley Li, Sophie Scott and Sawyer Thomsen, while DeJardin, Johnson, Li and Thomsen also made the ACC Academic Honor Roll following the 2024-25 academic year. DeJardin was also named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2023.
 
Making her debut on the list is Francesca Popescu, who enrolled at Cal in Spring 2025 and played in all 30 of the Bears' matches this past fall.
 
All-ACC Academic – Cal Volleyball Honorees
Peyton DeJardin – Media Studies
Sophia Johnson – Business Administration
Ashley Li – Media Studies
Francesca Popescu – Letters & Science Undeclared
Sophie Scott – Media Studies
Sawyer Thomsen – Data Science
 
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