Team USA updates, DI Roster Cap Increase, NCAA Settlement filed
At The Net – July 31, 2024
Four of the nation’s top collegiate volleyball teams – Kentucky, Louisville, Nebraska, and Wisconsin – will open the 2024 women’s season at the AVCA First Serve Showcase on Aug. 27 in Louisville, KY at the KFC Yum! Center, the same venue where the NCAA DI Women’s Volleyball National Championship will be held in December. Click here to learn more.
Interested parties can get a group ticket code! Organizations whose members purchase over 20 tickets using the code will receive a donation of 15 percent of the costs from the AVCA after the event.
Pending approval of the House settlement, the roster size cap for Division I volleyball will change:
18 for DI Women
18 for DI Men
19 for DI Beach
During a meeting July 23, power conference commissioners finalized new roster-size limits that pave the way for athletic departments to distribute new scholarship funds to athletes. As part of the new revenue-sharing model — beginning in 2025-26 academic year — by-sport scholarship restrictions are eliminated, and schools are permitted to offer scholarships to the entirety of their rosters.
Settlement Documents Filed in College Athletics Class-Action Lawsuits Formal settlement documents were filed Friday to advance the settlement approval process to resolve class-action lawsuits House v. NCAA, Hubbard v. NCAA and Carter v. NCAA – involving back damages and future benefits for Division I student-athletes.
The DII Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) announced it will start sponsoring men’s volleyball as its 25th sport, beginning in the 2025-26 academic year.
Building on the incredible momentum for women’s volleyball in the U.S., Athletes Unlimited Pro Volleyball will return to Arizona this fall for Season 4. Featuring 44 of the world’s top players, the championship season will begin in September. 15 of the 30 contests will air exclusively on ESPN Platforms.
Every athlete on the U.S. Women’s and Men’s National Teams, and all four Beach pairs were NCAA student-athletes! Click below for more on their careers.
Reinhardt University Athletics sadly reports the loss of Brian Goodhind, Director of Volleyball/Men’s & Women’s Volleyball Head Coach. Goodhind was named AAC Coach of the Year for 2017, 2018, and 2019 and was also named AVCA Coach of the Year (Northeast Region) for 2017 and 2018.
Nominations for the 2024 AVCA Junior Beach All-American Awards are open through August 9! The AVCA plans to select eight (8) 1st Team All-Americans and eight (8) 2nd Team All-Americans. The selected athletes must be athletes that will begin college in Fall of 2024 or Spring of 2025.
Nominate your top high school athletes for a chance to be recognized when the Watch Lists are released in August. Uncommitted athletes on watch lists will also be invited to attend the AVCA Phenom College Prep Program December 19-21, 2024, in Louisville, KY.
Weekly through September 29, the AVCA will will send out a one question survey – designed to take less than one minute of your time! Help the AVCA learn more about our community and improve member services. Each week, all participants will go into a drawing for one $50.00 VISA gift card. The Week 2 (July 21) winner of the $50.00 Visa Gift Cardis: Kristin Belzung, Head Women’s Volleyball Coach at Stony Brook University! On September 30, all who participated each of the 12 weeks will go into a Grand Prize drawing for a 2024 AVCA Complimentary Full Convention Registration Certificate. Thank you for engaging in the one question survey initiative! If you have any questions or comments, email research@avca.org or call AVCA Member Services at 866-544-2822.
AVCA Education and Events
2024 AVCA Convention – Louisville Registration, match ticket sales, and hotel blocks open August 14!
Choosing and Evaluating Defensive Systems
What You Need to Know About a European Volleyball Player
The Importance of Relational Coaching for the Modern Athlete
Developing your new boys program: Creating culture, practice plans and goals
The online AVCA Career Center allows job posters to advertise a job opening, search resumes, manage candidates, and market open positions. Job seekers have the opportunity to post a resume, search for open positions, create job alert notifications, and access free career management resources. Recent posts include:
Men’s Volleyball Assistant Coach – Purdue University Fort Wayne
Assistant Coach – Volleyball – College of the Holy Cross
Arkansas-Monticello announced Arlicia Ortiz as the new head volleyball coach.
Cooper Colesante has been named the next head coach of the SUNY Canton women’s volleyball program.
Kentucky State University has announced the hiring of Keith Jones as head men’s and women’s volleyball coach.
Benedictine University announces the appointment of Mike Stevens to the position of head men’s volleyball coach.
Santa Monica College is proud to announce the hiring of Chris Chownas the new Head Coach of the storied men’s Volleyball program.
Catholic University will welcome Casey Burfordas its next head volleyball coach.
Daniel Cabrera has officially been named the next head coach of ULM volleyball after the interim tag was removed.
Emma Lorenzen named head women’s volleyball coach at Stevenson University.
Thomas Jefferson University has named Eric Schaefer the next women’s volleyball head coach.
Make the Game of Volleyball More Accessible by Establishing a Middle School Training Program for Underserved Communities In August of 2019 Queen City Volleyball Academy formed as a nonprofit organization with the goal of making the game of volleyball more widely accessible to young athletes by breaking through systemic barriers that have historically limited full community participation in the game.
