2019 NCAA Beach Volleyball Report

NCAA Beach Volleyball July 2019 .

# OF NCAA TEAMS

NCAA

75 64 68 56 45 39 28 15

2011- 12 2012- 13 2013- 14 2014- 15 2015- 16 2016- 17 2017- 18 2018- 19

NCAA TEAMS BY DIVISION Five DI Conferences: Pac 12 - 9, West Coast Conference - 7, Big DI DII DIII 3 West – 6, ASUN – 10, CCSA – 12; 3 12 OVC – 6; Southland - 6 3 11 3 8 New Programs announced for 2019- 4 20: Eight 31 1 Two DI: Southeastern Louisiana and 60 Stephen F Austin 49 53 54 38 41 Four DII: Erskine, Wayne State, 28 15 Catawba, and Palm Beach Atlantic Two DIII: LaGrange and Hendrix 2011- 12 2012- 13 2013- 14 2014- 15 2015- 16 2016- 17 2017- 18 2018- 19 College

TOTAL # OF COLLEGE BEACH TEAMS

NCAA CCCAA NAIA 126

108

94 13 6 3 38 34 1 27 24 16

68 75 56 64 39 45 28 15

2011- 12 2012- 13 2013- 14 2014- 15 2015- 16 2016- 17 2017- 18 2018- 19

# OF UNDUPLICATED SA'S ON NCAA BEACH TEAMS Crossover Players Beach Only

100%

188 295 363 80% 500 569 688 60%

40% 404 374 471 502 507 477 20%

0% 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Scholarships - 47 of 74 programs (64%) have scholarship aid for beach student-athletes

# of Beach Scholarships 188.5 167.5 143.5 111.5 80 60 35.5

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Staff: 35 of 74 schools (47%) have added personnel for beach volleyball

Paid Beach Coach 35 35 29 30 27 23 25 20

20 15 15 8 10

2 5 0 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 (15) (29) (39) (45) (56) (64) (68) (75)

VB & Beach VB Counters for Title IX: average is 32; unduplicated average is 25.

NCAA Beach Volleyball – Division I July 2019

Number: 62 schools; Seven Conferences; Average Squad Size: 16; Range: 10 - 23 Pac 12: (9) UCLA, USC, Arizona, Arizona State, Stanford, Cal, Washington, Oregon, Utah; West Coast Conference: (7) Pepperdine, St. Mary’s, Loyola Marymount, Portland, Pacific, Santa Clara, San Francisco Big West: (7) Hawaii, Long Beach State, Sacramento State, Cal Poly, Northridge, CSU Bakersfield, UC-Davis ASUN: (7) Florida Gulf Coast, Jacksonville, Mercer, N. Florida, Stetson, Coastal Carolina, N. Alabama OVC: (6) Austin Peay, Jacksonville State, Morehead State, Eastern Kentucky, UT Martin, UT Chattanooga (affiliate in 2020-21) CCSA: (12) Florida State, LSU, S. Carolina, Florida International, College of Charleston, Florida Atlantic, Tulane, UNC Wilmington, Georgia State, UAB, TCU, Southern Miss Southland (8): Houston Baptist, Tx A&M-Corpus Christi, New Orleans, Central Arkansas, Abilene Christian, Nichols, Stephen F. Austin, Southeastern Louisiana Independents: (6) Grand Canyon, San Jose State, Boise State, Louisiana Monroe, Nebraska, Missouri State New Programs in 2019-2020: (2) Stephen F. Austin, Southeastern Louisiana NCAA DI 59 54 60 49 52 50 38 41 40 28 30 15 20 10 0 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Announced

Scholarships - Six Equivalency is Maximum allowed. 41 programs have scholarships, 16 do not. Average for those with aid: 4.3; 24 are fully-funded.

DI 178 200 157 133.5 150 111.5 80 100 60 35.5 50 0

Staff: One head, one assistant allowed 32 (56%) have hired new head coaches for the beach team; 44% have no new staff, using coaches from their indoor staff to coach the beach team. 27 (87%) have a beach-only assistant; Assistant Beach Coach

13 DI Head Beach Coach 14 7 12 7 6 6 6 10 5 4 8 6 4 3 6 4 3 3 2 4 2 1 1 2 1 0 0

Facilities: 40 DI schools have courts on campus, five practice/compete on a beach, the other 11 use a local park or club. Four have indoor courts for training in inclement weather. The most common number of courts is three.

Travel Costs: 14 schools spent over $50,000; 14 spend under $15,000. The season begins the last weekend in February and ends the last weekend in April (11 weeks). Travel Budget

16 20 14 10 9 10 5

0 Less than $15,001 - $30,001 - $50,001 - $75,000 or $15,000 $30,000 $50,000 $74,999 More

VB & Beach VB Counters for EADA report: Average is 31.2; range is 19 to 39. Unduplicated average is 19.5; range is 0 to 37.

NCAA Beach Volleyball - Power 5 Conferences July 2019

Number: 14 Power-5 schools Pac 12 = 9 (UCLA, USC, Arizona, Arizona State, Stanford, Cal, Washington, Oregon, Utah); SEC = 2 (LSU & South Carolina); ACC = 1 (Florida State); Big 10 = 1 (Nebraska); Big 12 = 1 (TCU)

Success: Four of Eight 2019 NCAA Beach Championship teams were Power 5 schools (UCLA-champion, USC-runner up, LSU & Florida State); 89% of the student-athletes on the NCAA championship teams played only beach volleyball; among the other nine, 72% played only beach, 28% were crossovers from the court team.

Scholarships (Six Equivalency allowed): Average: 4.2; Median: 6

# of Scholarships

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4

0 1 1 0

ACC BIG 12 BIG TEN PAC-12 PAC-12 PAC-12 PAC-12 PAC-12 PAC-12 PAC-12 PAC-12 PAC-12 SEC SEC

Staff: (One head, one assistant allowed) Two schools have no paid staff for their beach teams – coaching & recruiting handled by their court staff (68% of the players on these teams also play court VB); 12 schools have paid staff: Average Head Coach Salary: $90,000 Average Assistant Coach Salary: $50,000

Facilities: All have courts on campus – USC, S. Carolina, Florida State, LSU, & Stanford have built new facilities since adding Beach Volleyball as a varsity program; three schools – Nebraska (1), Washington (2) and Utah (2) have indoor courts for training in inclement weather. The indoor courts are part of their indoor training facilities and the sand is also used by other sports for conditioning and injury rehabilitation.

Average Squad Size: 17

BEACH SQUAD SIZE & # OF COURT SA'S ON TEAMS

# on Beach Team Indoor SA's on Beach Team

20 20 20

16 16

15 15

14 14 14

2 2 2

1 1

0 0 0

ACC B I G 1 2 B I G PAC - 12 PAC - 12 PAC - 12 PAC - 12 PAC - 12 PAC - 12 PAC - 12 PAC - 12 PAC - 12 SEC SEC T E N

Travel Costs: Eight schools spent over $50,000; six under $50,000, with one spending under $15,000. The season begins the last weekend in February and ends the last weekend in April (11 weeks).

5 4 4

Less than $15,000 $30,001-$50,000 $50,000-$75,000 Over $75,000

Total Costs for Beach Volleyball Team: Fully-funded programs with staff and scholarships are spending $400,000 - $450,000; no staff and no scholarship programs are spending under $100,000.

VB & Beach VB Counters for EADA report: Average is 33; range is 27 to 38. Unduplicated average is 28; range is 15 to 35.

NCAA Beach Volleyball – Division II July 2019

Number: 12 schools; Average Squad Size: 14.7; Range: 10 - 23 DII Teams: Eckerd, Spring Hill College, Colorado Mesa, Cal State/LA, Concordia-Irvine, Carson Newman, Lincoln Memorial, Texas A&M/Kingsville, St. Leo, Florida Southern, Tampa, Tusculum New Programs in 2019-20: (4) Erskine, Wayne State, Catawba, and Palm Beach Atlantic

DII Teams 12 12 11 10 8

8 NCAA TEAMS BY DIVISION 6 5 3 4 DI DII DIII 2 1 1 0 3 3 12 3 11 3 8 4 31 1 59 49 53 54 38 41 28 15

2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- 2015- 2016- 2017- 2018- 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Scholarships - Five Equivalency is Maximum. Six programs had scholarships in 2018-19. Four schools had no beach aid. Average for those with aid: 1.6; two programs are fully-funded.

Staff: Three schools have added a coach for the beach team; Seven are using existing staff. Four have the head court coach coaching both teams; three use an assistant as the head beach coach

Facilities: 10 of the 12 DII programs have beach court on their campus, the others use a local park. The average number of courts is three. None have access to indoor facilities.

Travel Costs: Three institutions spend less than $15,000 on travel; 5 out of 11 institutions spend between $15,000 and $30,000. Two institutions spend between $30,000-50,000. The average number of playing dates is 12.2, with a range of 11 to 16.

Ten DII teams participated in the AVCA Small College Beach Championship in 2019.

VB & Beach VB Counters for EADA report: Average is 32.7; range is 24 to 43. Unduplicated average is 15.8; range is 7 to 29. DII Beach Teams 20 20 18 15 15 1515 14 14 1414 14 14 14 15 13 12 11 10 8 8 8 7 6 5 4 5 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

# on Beach team # of crossovers

NCAA Beach Volleyball – Division III July 2019

Number: 3 schools; Average Squad Size: 15.3; Range: 14 - 17 DIII Teams: Stevenson, Principia, Huntingdon; New Programs in 2019-20: LaGrange and Hendrix College

DIII Teams

3 3 3 NCAA TEAMS BY DIVISION

DI DII DIII 2

3 3 3 12 8 11 43 31 1 59 49 53 54 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 38 41 28 15

2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- 2015- 2016- 2017- 2018- 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Staff: Three schools are using the existing head and assistant court coach for the beach team. Facilities: The three current beach teams have courts on their campuses. Two have four courts, one has two courts. None have access to indoor facilities.

Travel Costs: Two DIII institutions spend less than $15,000 on travel; one spends between $30,000 and $50,000.

VB & Beach VB Counters for EADA report: Average is 35.7; range is 22 to 51. Unduplicated average is 10; 31 of the 69 (45%) women on beach teams are only playing beach volleyball; 38 are two-sport student-athletes.