(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of Pitt Volleyball, Posted on Facebook on February 24th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pitt senior and women’s college volleyball star Olivia Babcock was recently named a finalist for the 2026 AAU Sullivan Award. This award is presented each year to the most outstanding collegiate or Olympic athlete in the United States of America. Babcock is the two-time reigning CWSA Honda Award winner for volleyball, along with being the 2024 and 2025 AVCA National Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year and AVCA East Coast Region Player of the Year. Voting for this award started today at 10 a.m. and will end on March 5th, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. and you can vote for Babcock by clicking here.