COLLEGE SAND VOLLEYBALL
NO BOUNDARIES: Jace Pardon is an AVCA all- American who left home in Manhattan Beach, Calif., to pursue sand volleyball at Florida State. Kellie Woolever, left, has been a big part of Pepperdine’s early success in the sport.
beach game when they get to university programs. “It’s rewarding to see many of our Beach
HP athletes competing at the collegiate level during the spring,” says Patricia Daugh- erty, manager of beach high performance programs for USAV. “We are continuously working on developing athletes for the highest level of competition, and the Junior Beach Tour is another great opportunity for young players to compete against athletes from all over the country.”
WHERE’S THE SAND MONEY? Schools identifi ed as having scholarship money are University of Southern Califor-
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nia, Pepperdine University, Florida State University, Georgia State University, Florida International University, Grand Canyon University and University of Hawaii. Sand scholarship opportunities are growing each year. With that growth, sand programs are trending toward a higher percentage of sand- only players, though currently the majority of sand players are still indoor players doing double duty. According to the AVCA’s most recent data, 45 percent of the players in sand programs that have been active for three years play only sand; that percentage goes up for programs that have been operating for just one or two years. (Players who are on indoor scholarships can compete on the sand
team, but players who are on sand scholar- ships cannot compete on the indoor team unless they sit out for two seasons.)
PROSPECTIVE PLAYERS
Because sand volleyball is a relatively new collegiate sport, it hasn’t infi ltrated the junior volleyball world as extensively as the indoor discipline. As the sport grows in popularity, this is likely to change and play- ers will be recruited as sand specialists. But right now, most players start their careers indoors before transitioning to the sand. So which indoor players are best able to make the transition to sand? “We are looking for a good athlete,” Mat-
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