This past May, the National Junior College Athletic Association Foundation and the First Point Volleyball Foundation announced $200,000 in grant funds to establish men’s volleyball teams at 15 member colleges to help build toward an NJCAA championship sports program. Ocean County College was among the institutions to receive funding, with the team’s first season planned for spring 2023.

“We’re very excited to offer OCC student-athletes the opportunity to compete in men’s volleyball at the collegiate…