Wayne State ended the 2022 season ranked fourth in the final AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Top 25 Coaches Poll released Monday afternoon.  The Wildcats collected 972 points in voting conducted by 47 Division II coaches from across the country.  It marks the 13^th time in the last 16 years WSC has ended the year with a national ranking and it's the second-highest ever national ranking to end the season in school history (3^rd in 2015).
            Wayne State finished the 2022 season with a 30-3 record and captured the Northern Sun Conference regular season title (19-1) for the first time in school history.  It's just the fourth time in school history WSC won 30 games in a season.  WSC was ranked in every AVCA poll this season and spent five weeks ranked #1 in the country. 
  
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll – Final Poll: December 5, 2022
                                                            2022    Previous
Rank School (First-Place Votes)         Points    Record   Rank
1          West Texas A&M [47]                1175     33-4      9
2          Concordia-St. Paul                    1125     31-6      3
3          MSU Denver                             1014     30-2      1
4          Wayne State (Neb.)                  972       30-3      2
5          St. Cloud State                         913       28-6      7
6          Cal State L.A.                            873       25-7      19
7          Minnesota Duluth                      842       27-5      6
8          Barry                                        801       28-6      17
9          Tampa                                     772       29-4      5
10        Alaska Anchorage                     718       27-3      4
11        Missouri-St. Louis                      651       25-8      NR
12        Southwest Minnesota State        582       23-6      10
13        NW Missouri State                     552       24-7      12
14        Western Washington                 535       21-6      8
15        Nebraska-Kearney                    517       28-6      13
16        West Florida                             426       28-6      11
17        Wingate                                    394       32-3      25
18        Washburn                                 357       24-8      15
19        Regis                                        339       22-8      14
20        Cal State San Bernardino          287       20-7      16
21        Colorado Mesa                         273       22-7      18
22        Colorado School of Mines          221       22-8      22
23        Cal Poly Pomona                      200       24-6      20
24        Chaminade                               152       26-8      NR
25        Quincy                                     135       28-3      21


Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots:  Gannon 85; Harding 78; Central Oklahoma 49; Lynn 47; Ferris State 42; Central Washington 40; Lewis 27; Southern New Hampshire 23; Hillsdale 19; Eckerd 8; Dallas Baptist 7; Augustana (SD) 6; Central Missouri 5; Sonoma State 4
4 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 9 combined points