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College Volleyball Facts
Division
# of Schools
# of Athletes*
Average roster
Athletic
Academic
Need based
NCAA I-A
339
1820
15
Yes- up to 12 full
yes
yes
NCAA I-AA
Division I
1710
15
Yes- up to 12 full
yes
yes
NCAA I-AAA
Programs
1300
15
Yes- up to 12 full
yes
yes
NCAA II- FB
300 Division II
2200
15
Yes- up to 8 full
yes
yes
NCAA II-no FB
Programs
1830
15
Yes- up to 8 full
yes
yes
NCAA III-FB
424 Division III
3610
16
No
yes
yes
NCAA III- no FB
Programs
2330
13
No
yes
yes
NAIA I
236 NAIA
1690
16
Yes- up to 8 full
yes
yes
NAIA II
Programs
1950
16
Yes- up to 8 full
yes
yes
NJCAA I
307
1690
13
Yes- can offer full
yes
yes
NJCAA II
Junior College
890
12
Yes- can offer partial
yes
yes
NJCAA III
Programs
820
11
No
yes
Yes
*rounded off to the nearest 10 th based on information available
Keeping things in perspective
The following are a few excerpts from The Dispatch article "Chasing a Myth" that ran on September 1, 2010
"Hundreds of families spent a gorgeous May day hunkered down inside a vast Columbus Convention Center hall
filled with volleyball games raging on 48 temporary courts. The Ohio Valley Region USA 2010 Girls Volleyball
Championships was the type of tournament that OSU coaches had in mind when nearly 80 percent of them said in the
Dispatch survey of athletes and coaches that youth-sports events provide the most fertile recruiting ground."
"For girls, an athletic scholarship is most elusive in volleyball, according to a Dispatch analysis of data from the
NCAA and National Federation of State High School Associations."
"About 115,500 high-school senior girls played volleyball in the U.S. during the 2008-09 school year, and there were
about 4,700 full or partial athletic scholarships available in that sport."
"About 80 percent of all athletes during the 2008-09 school year received only partial scholarships that could have
ranged from a few hundred fo several thousand dollars, according to analysis of NCAA data."