Colleges Recruiting in the DMV Area

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After June 15 Division 1 and 2 colleges can start making contact with those players who are sophomores. For this year that would be the class of 2026. For Division 3 there is no restriction on contact for digital or through the mail. However, any off campus contact cannot occur until after an athlete's sophomore year while campus visits cannot occur until after January 1 of their junior year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It is estimated that a little over 1 percent of high school volleyball players go on to compete at the Division I college level. That percentage rises to close to 6 percent when you include all colleges. However, that does not mean all those who play college volleyball play under a scholarship. Many even play for partial or back loaded scholarships.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A little research for those ranked in our top 150 for the class of 2024 show that 52% of them have committed to play for a college. This does not mean they are under scholarship. Also, I could be missing some players who have not publicly announced their college intentions. For the class of 2025 the percentage drops to 21% but those players having a contact date of June 15 from last year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Players from the class of 2024 and 2025 who reside in the DMV area (DC, Maryland and Virginia) have committed to 87 colleges to play volleyball. Below are some of those players.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Big Ten </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":368201,"width":"350px","height":"auto","sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/04/DSC01179.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-368201" style="width:350px;height:auto" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">[player_tooltip player_id='180288' first='Emerson' last='Sellman']</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>For the class of 2023 only two players committed to a big ten college. <strong>Sydney 2023 Bryant </strong>committed to <strong>Maryland</strong> and <strong>Isabela Fowlkes </strong>committed to <strong>USC.</strong> USC will begin their first year in the Big Ten this year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>For the class of 2024 again just two players committed to a big ten college, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='180288' first='Emerson' last='Sellman']</strong> to Ohio State and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='248630' first='Kayla' last='Foley']</strong> to Michigan State. The class of 2025 have already seen three players commit to Big ten schools. Those are [player_tooltip player_id='181303' first='Isabelle' last='Bardin'] (<strong>Purdue</strong>), [player_tooltip player_id='181307' first='Leni' last='Stanton-Parker'] (<strong>Michigan</strong>) and [player_tooltip player_id='181300' first='Alexis' last='Ewing'] (<strong>Penn State</strong>).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Most Popular Colleges </strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last year<strong> Norfolk State</strong> (4), <strong>Navy</strong> (3), <strong>Virginia Wesleyan</strong> (3), <strong>University of Maryland Baltimore County</strong> (3) and <strong>Christopher Newport </strong>(3) snared at least three players from the DMV area in the top 150 from the classes of 2023 and 2024. Below are the most popular colleges for players in the top 150 from the classes of 2024 and 2025. It is possible that some of the same players from the class of 2024 are counted again if they did not change their commitment.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Christopher Newport</strong> - <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='246935' first='Avery' last='Hanly']</strong> (Beach Elite/Kellam), <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='233560' first='Carley' last='P Coghill']</strong> (Massaponax/[program_tooltip program_id='489547' first='540' last='Volleyball Academy']) and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='297528' first='Anne' last='Fielding Croft']</strong> (Saint Catherines/[program_tooltip program_id='498495' first='Richmond' last='Volleyball Club'])</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Lafayette </strong>- <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='235746' first='MacKenzie' last='Calhoun']</strong> (River Hill/Columbia), <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='181763' first='Jada' last='Aksu']</strong> (Georgetown Day/Metro) and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='181279' first='Kadi' last='Pynchon']</strong> (Flint Hill/Virginia Elite)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Fairfield</strong> - <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='182776' first='Brianna' last='Clay']</strong> (Battlefield/[program_tooltip program_id='476729' first='Paramount' last='']), <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='209795' first='Harlan' last='Wyche']</strong> (South Lakes/[program_tooltip program_id='476729' first='Paramount' last='']), <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='181240' first='Natalie' last='Carlin']</strong> (Riverside/[program_tooltip program_id='476729' first='Paramount' last=''])</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Mary Washington </strong>- <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='180298' first='Alice' last='Holoubek']</strong> (Bishop O'Connell/Virginia Elite), <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='180301' first='Elle' last='Jubeck']</strong> (St. Mary's Ryken/Virginia Elite) and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='180290' first='Calla' last='Petz']</strong> (Heritage/[program_tooltip program_id='494409' first='Blue' last='Ridge'])</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Coppin State </strong>- <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='309025' first='Payton' last='Swinton']</strong> (Arundel/Renaissance), <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='319715' first='Deviana' last='Walker']</strong> (Arundel/Renaissance) and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='398249' first='Kaiyana' last='Rawlins']</strong> (Paint Branch/Maryland Jrs)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Other Power Conferences</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":403826,"width":"318px","height":"auto","sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/06/Screen-Shot-2023-06-26-at-10.24.54-PM.png?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-403826" style="width:318px;height:auto" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">[player_tooltip player_id='196556' first='Caleigh' last='Ponn']</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The three other power conferences are the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Southeastern Conference and the Big 12. From a college attendance standpoint the Atlantic Coast Conference will see six players from the DMV area attend their schools to play volleyball. The Big 12 and Southeastern Conference only have one each. The Pacific Coast Conference has lost all their teams and could rejuvenate next year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>From the Atlantic Coast Conference the six players are [player_tooltip player_id='180295' first='Ryla' last='Jones'] (<strong>Pittsburgh</strong>), [player_tooltip player_id='181297' first='Lameen' last='Mambu'] (<strong>Georgia Tech</strong>), [player_tooltip player_id='180300' first='Mailinh' last='Godschall'] (<strong>Duke</strong>), [player_tooltip player_id='237667' first='Skyler' last='Riggio'] (<strong>Clemson</strong>), [player_tooltip player_id='309024' first='Caroline' last='Lang'] (<strong>Virginia</strong>) and [player_tooltip player_id='181309' first='Brianna' last='Holladay'] (<strong>Virginia Tech</strong>). There were two players from the class of 2023 who committed to schools in the ACC,<strong> Tatum Evans </strong>(<strong>Virginia Tech</strong>) and <strong>Safi Hampton </strong>(<strong>North Carolina</strong>).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Only one player each has committed to the Southeastern Conference and Big 12. [player_tooltip player_id='196556' first='Caleigh' last='Ponn'] has committed to <strong>Kansas State</strong>. and [player_tooltip player_id='180296' first='Madison' last='Bowser'] has committed to <strong>Vanderbilt</strong>. Vanderbilt will not compete in the Southeastern Conference until 2025 so Madison will redshirt for the 2024 season. For the class of 2023 <strong>Jasmine Okeoma </strong>committed to <strong>Auburn</strong> and <strong>Pam McCune</strong> committed to<strong> Iowa State</strong>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Chesapeake Chirps</strong>: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='301696' first='Nadiya' last='Johnson']</strong> has been selected to play on the 2024 U19 U.S. National team. The team will play next year in the Norceca Continental Championship in Honduras July 12-20. While 20 players have been selected only 12 will make the team.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->