Ok I use to play volleyball in high school and was on the club national team. I received letter from several school asking me to come to there school to meet the team and the coach. I never acted on any of these so I was wondering what kind of scholarship do they give male volleyball players? It can't be much. The main schools I received letters from where Steven's Institute of Technology, Vassar, and University of Arizona.
2006-07-13 09:15:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Volleyball
I just attended a coaching clinic this past weekend with Carl McGowin, former BYU men's volleyball coach. He mentioned that his school only offered 5.5 full scholorships for his entire team (sounded like he caried about 18 most years). So I am guessing that most men's teams do not offer anyone any full scholorships (but it is up to the coach to decide how to spread out those 5.5).
2006-07-13 14:59:31 · answer #1 · answered by mattlenny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My advice that if you are serious about volleyball in college, then you should look at which teams have NCAA status (not extramural club teams) and send emails to the coaches. These are the schools that will have scholarships to offer. I know they also do a lot of recruiting through summer volleyball camps, so go browse each school's sports camps websites to check when those are.
As far as schools go, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is the power conference of volleyball, with schools such as BYU, UCLA, Pepperdine, Long Beach State, Hawaii, UC-Irvine, and Stanford. If you're looking more NCAA volleyball schools, the NCAA or CSTV websites have lists.
I had Coach McGown at BYU (for advanced volleyball class) when I was there, and I can tell you that the 5.5 scholarships for the whole team of about 18 right (because of Title IX). I understand that they usually divide it up so that they have 11 players on 1/2-tuition scholarships.
2006-07-17 16:16:04 · answer #2 · answered by Jared B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talk to your HS coach. They will help you put together something of a resume. Make sure your program keeps stats. This will help. Like above: Go to camps held by men's programs. College coaches have camps to not only give back to the community, but also to learn more about local talent and possibly groom them for play at their school. Play Club. If you want to play volleyball in college, play club ball. Not only will you get more touches on the ball (The most important way to learn) but you will also get more exposure as club teams travel more. College coaches will also see the boys who are really serious about volleyball and not playing it just for a varsity letter. When you play club, you are also eligible to tryout for High Performance. Do this. If you think club exposure is a big deal, HP is dynamite. Talk to them, attend any local college matches and talk to both coaches. Let them know you want to play in college and you'd really like to even watch a practice or two. Don't be a stalker, but let them know you are interested. Put together a video to showcase your talents. If you truly serious and think you have the potential, have you and your parents shed out some money to get a true videographer to shadow you at some matches. Practice, practice, practice and play as much as you can.
2016-03-15 23:37:09 · answer #3 · answered by Frank 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of those schools are division one and are more limited on scholarship money... schools that are division one have more funds to offer... if you are good enough try looking into those. I will tell you though I am a huge volleyball fan and attend a lot of division one matches and that even some division one players are not receiving any scholarship funds.. good luck to you.
2006-07-13 09:20:34 · answer #4 · answered by Heatmizer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right. The colleges you mentioned cannot compete with the NCAA schools like UCLA, Long Beach, Pepperdine, BYU, etc. U of A can comp your books and maybe a little tuition but then you'd be playing club volleyball instead of NCAA.
2006-07-13 09:19:15 · answer #5 · answered by six.pack.abs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to be pretty dang good (and i emphasize pretty dang good) in order to receive a good scholarship.
I think it's just because vball, soccer, golf, etc. are not as popular and so it's pretty rare to get into colleges like UCLA just by doing "above average."
My friend also got a few offers because his uncle was sending videos to colleges or something. ~_~
2006-07-16 13:37:44 · answer #6 · answered by Jack Bauer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides Basketball and Football most schools only offer partial scholarships for all the other sports and then those partial scholarships are only reserved for the best players on the team.
2006-07-16 12:41:47 · answer #7 · answered by strangedaze23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
more volleyball......?!?
2006-07-13 15:45:16 · answer #8 · answered by Beta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋