2025 AVCA Fall Volleyball Officials Appreciation Week: Girls and Women's Volleyball / #OFFICIATIONWEEK Participating States (Updated 10/09/2025)

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Some of my dearest volleyball friends are volleyball officials. Seriously. So, pay attention: The fifth-annual AVCA Fall Volleyball Officials Appreciation Week starts Friday. As the AVCA said in a news release, "This nine-day period is set aside for girls and women’s volleyball teams to make sure our officials know how grateful the volleyball community is for the integral role they play. As coaches, you are the leaders, student-athletes, parents, and fans will follow your example of ensuring we treat our officials in a manner befitting their role in helping volleyball become one of the most popular sports." Read more here, and I know it's hard, but don't yell at a ref this week.

Thank you to all of our volleyball officials, and their parents/siblings that help get them to the games.

This past week was the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s 2025 Fall Volleyball Officials Appreciation Week. We invite fans, coaches, and parents to join us in honoring our officials for their dedication and selfless service in growing the sport of volleyball and supporting our athletes. Bench bad behavior, think before you speak, and always show respect to our officials.

ACVB is thankful for all the officials who help make our sport possible!

We invited the opposing team to join in, but they declined. We realize we missed the deadline by a few days but we didn’t have many games during the scheduled week, so we chose to participate today.

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Tonight we celebrated and thanked our referees along with New Mexico Highlands Volleyball for their contributions to our sport.

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NSAA Fall Officials Appreciation Week was observed September 21–27, 2025. At Ainsworth High School, we showed our appreciation by recognizing officials at the volleyball game against Burwell @Horns_Athletics

Hand written thank you notes given to two of our volleyball officials! Kids get it! More spectators should as well!

It's time for some Officials Appreciation! We are proud to follow the THSCA Texas Way by honoring the game and showing respect for those who administer it. Thank you for everything you do for our student-athletes!

It's AVCA Officials Appreciation Week! Thank you to all the officials who grow and love our sport!! #avcaofficiationweek

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Huge thank you to all of our amazing officials who make each game possible, we couldn’t do it without you guys! #officiationweek2025

We appreciate our officials for all they do. Anderson Volleyball is committed to playing The Texas Way!

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We recognized our officials prior to the start of the match and showered them with cards, candy, gum and a gift card for each! We're so grateful to have such awesome officials!

#officiationweek2025 @avcavolleyball So thankful for our officials and support staff. Without them there’d be no collegiate athletics!! #belleyeah

The refs said they have never seen anything like it and were so honored by the gesture.

It was our pleasure to recognize the officials for their endless work, fairness, and commitment to the game as we celebrate official appreciation week.

Congratulations to the 2024-25 football and volleyball officials of the year!

This week was the AVCA Girls & Women's Volleyball Officials Appreciation Week, we wanted to take time during our home match to thank the officials for their continuous time and dedication to our sport. We wouldn't be able to do this without you!
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What an outstanding job these Alabama High School Athletic Association - AHSAA officials did today at the Holly Pond Volleyball Tournament!

Our officials make every game possible — from football and volleyball to cross country, golf, and flag football. Their dedication, professionalism, and love for the game help create safe and fair competition for our student-athletes.

It was our pleasure to recognize the officials for their endless work, fairness, and commitment to the game as we celebrate official appreciation week.

🏐 Officials Appreciation Week 🏐A HUGE thank you to our volleyball officials! 👏 Your time, dedication, and love for the game make what we do possible. The game couldn’t happen without your knowledge, professionalism, and commitment to student athletes. 🥰This past Tuesday, we celebrated this event when hosting Ashland! 🏐We appreciate you this week and every week! ♥️

It’s officials appreciation week! Shout out to our beach volleyball officials for officiating today’s games!

It’s officials appreciation week! Shout out to our volleyball officials for officiating today’s volleyball games!

Take some time to thank your officials this week. They do a tough job, and they keep the game going and growing.

We appreciate each and every single one of you! Thank You For All You Do!

"We have been fortunate to have incredible officials in our gym for the history of our program. It is always our great pleasure to celebrate them and we try to do that all season."

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It is Officials Appreciation Week and, boy, do we love our officials! They’re always great sports to the razzing we give them and always make sure it is a fair and fun game! Thank you for all you do! We know it’s not an easy job but we couldn’t do it without you!

High School - Boys & Girls

We thank all the officials in the Beach District and the #VHSL. Without you we’d just be scrimmaging.

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Bellville & Navasota Volleyball Teams had the honor to express the appreciation of our FAVOC Volleyball officials!!! We appreciate their dedication and sacrifice to be a part of our athletic events!!

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It's a privilege to have quality Officials for our matches, and we're thankful and appreciate all they do.

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St. Jude, St. Bernadette, and Sts. Joe and John volleyball girl teams show appreciation to their officials at their game this past weekend. 🏐

Our annual Ocktoberfest quad. Gift bags including goodies, lottery tickets and a gift card presenting by seniors from each team

Huge thanks to our staff, volleyball parents, officials & programs for making today great!

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This week we celebrate the officials who keep the game fair, safe, and fun for student-athletes across the country.
Your time, dedication, and love for sports make every contest possible. Thank you! 🙌
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Tonight, we teamed up with
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to honor our officials for
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#OfficiationWeek2025! We are so grateful for all our officials who help grow the game and allow us to play the sport we love ❤️ Thank you all!!
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A great night of volleyball at Bob Jones!! Teamed up with @jcjetsvolleyball to celebrate OFFICIALS WEEK! Great big thanks to our association - HVBOA!! Also we had our youth players in the gym tonight! Bright future for @madisoncityschools and volleyball!!!!

Ended #OFFICIATIONWEEK2025 with some of the very best officials! Thank you for growing the game and all you do for the athletes throughout Illinois!

Post Caption: "Last week at our district match against Bowie, we took the time to recognize the dedication and sacrifice that our officials make to be a huge part of making our game days possible. The state of Texas is experiencing a shortage of officials, and it means so much that they continue to support the game in the way that they do. Thank you, officials!"

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This past weekend, we and @RedbirdVB honored our officials for @AVCAVolleyball Officials Appreciation Week. Thank you for all you do for our sport!

The silent heroes of the game are the officials. We couldn't do this without them and they are an integral part of high school athletics!

Officials Appreciation Night! Thank you for all that you do! We couldn’t play the game without you!

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We are so grateful for all the amazing officials and all they do for us! #OFFICIATIONWEEK

@nsaahome Fall Officials Appreciation Week Sept 21-27 #RespectTheRef #GoBow North Platte Public School District

🏐✨ A big thank you to the Lopez Lobos Volleyball team and the Porter Cowgirls Volleyball team for participating in this year’s Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA)

We are grateful for the officials who work long hours and take the time to help us better the sport! We couldn’t do it without you!

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Burnt Hills Ballston Lake, Galway,Millbrook, and Clarkstown South honored our officials on Saturday at the Saratoga Challenge in Burnt Hills.

We wanna give a huge shoutout to our officials that always show up for us and other teams. Thank you for what you do. Happy national officiation week #officiationweek2025

During last night's District opener between Community Lady Braves Volleyball and Caddo Mills ISD - Official, both programs paused their pre-game preparations to honor the officials of the game as part of a statewide initiative, the Texas High School Coaches Association' Officials Appreciation Night. We appreciate all that these amazing individuals do to make high school sports possible!

SAVE THE DATE! Fall Officials Appreciation Weeks are October 5-18! 🏈🎾🏐🏌️‍♀️🤽🏃‍♂️ Show your appreciation to these officials dedicated to education-based athletics! #ThankYouOfficials

International - Canada

I’m truly honored to have had the opportunity to officiate at the Canada Youth National Championships this past week.

To those who keep both safety & structure in our sport - we thank you.💛 Happy AVCA Girls and Women’s Volleyball Officials Appreciation Week!🏐💙

We hosted a varsity tournament the first weekend of officials appreciation week and then we hosted a JV tournament the next weekend so we decorated our hospitality room with fun referee signs and goody bags. It worked out well because we were going to have so many officials here over the two weekends. All of our tournament officials seemed excited by our efforts to show them some love. A big thanks goes back to them for allowing us to play the sport that we love!

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To ALL our officials this season…We appreciate all your hard work! Thank You! #officiationweek2025

We hosted our annual volleyball tournament this weekend and we want to thank our officials--who always help make the tournament run smoothly. The group of officials has mainly been unchanged for many years, which is one of the reasons the tournament runs so well. These officials are great, and we don't say "thank you" enough!

Today we celebrate one of our dedicated and impactful members—our association’s secretary, as well as an IHSA rules interpreter and clinician. His commitment to both our association and the IHSA uplifts officials across the region and strengthens the integrity of our sport.

🌟 Official Appreciation Week🌟 Thank you to all our officials! Your support makes everything we do at Chinle High School possible. We couldn’t achieve our events and goals without you! 🖤#ThankYou #OfficialAppreciationWeek #ChinleHighSchool

Held on 9/30 at our home match vs Christendom College in Staunton VA. "Mary Baldwin University would like to thank our officials who work diligently to provide a professional and competitive match experience throughout the season." - Amanda McCoy, Head Coach Mary Baldwin University

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We welcomed our refs with Chick-Fil-A lunch, snacks and refreshments in the hospitality suite upon arrival. Prior to the match, during the coin toss our captains presented the referees with hand-written notes from the athletes. During this time, a script was read acknowledging the commitment our refs show each and every game day. Lastly, both teams hoped in for a group pic prior to the match!

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"I just want to say thank you, you guys work hard, and we couldn't do it without you, so thank you!" - JCSU Head Coach, D. Miller

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For our official appreciation event we made gift bags for both officials and we had our team sign their name and number to a thank you card given to both officials! We took a team picture before the game started with both teams and gave them a shout out before the match!

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Burnt Hills Ballston Lake, Galway,Millbrook, and Clarkstown South honored our officials on Saturday at the Saratoga Challenge in Burnt Hills.