By the time women’s volleyball became a Big Ten sport in 1985, the Badger team was already a decade old. Volleyball was one of the 12 original women’s sports when the UW launched a women’s varsity athletics program in 1974–75. The team’s first official serve came on September 21, 1974, when the Badgers beat UW–Eau Claire 15–8 and 15­–0. The volleyball squad has since won five conference championships (the first in 1990) and twice been national tournament runners-up (in 2000 and 2013). The Badgers play their home games in the Wisconsin Field House.

The art for the Badger Pride Wall was created for WAA by Madison illustrator Nate Koehler.