LSU New Orleans Women's Beach Volleyball
LSU New Orleans fields a women's beach volleyball team in the Southland Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 14 players, below the median of 19, with 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Team expenses were $190,419, well below the median of $414k — $13,601 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division I women's beach volleyball programs. That leaves room for 5 under the Division I roster cap of 19 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 994, about the median of 1000, with 95% of players retained year to year. The school gave $1,097,306 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $14,250 per roster spot.
Among Division I women's beach volleyball programs
Where this program sits against its 68 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes (cap 19)
The program
- Roster14 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap19 room for 5
- Coaching staff1 head, 1 assistant
- Team expenses$190,419 for the year
- Operating expenses$50,700 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$13,601 division median $25,430
- Academic Progress Rate994 multi-year; 1000 latest
- Players retained95% year to year
- Eligible100% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, women's teams$1,097,306 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$14,250 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$45,000 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan Havice head coach | Head Coach | On file · sign in |
Recruiting timing
- Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
- Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
- High-school beach volleyball players11,514 2024-25
- Division I roster spots1,259 68 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 9 11% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's beach volleyball recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- City
- Type
- Public · Research university
- Affiliation
- None
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 43%
Women's Beach Volleyball
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $190,419 $13,601 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 1 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $1,097,306
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $45,000
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $9,172 in-state · $14,008 out
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 17 burglaries · 5 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 6 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Research LSU New Orleans
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Women's Beach Volleyball programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulane University Division I · Conference USA | 7 | 18 | $964k | 994 | 15% | |
| Southeastern Louisiana University Division I · Southland Conference | 41 | 21 | $364k | — | 94% | |
| Nicholls State University Division I · Southland Conference | 47 | 18 | $99k | — | 96% | |
| Louisiana State University Division I · Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Women's Beach Volleyball | 72 | 19 | $1.4M | 1000 | 74% | |
| The University of Southern Mississippi Division I · Sun Belt Conference | 100 | 15 | $409k | 1000 | 99% | |
| Spring Hill College Division II · Independent | 124 | 30 | $115k | — | 59% |
Other women's beach volleyball programs in the Southland Conference
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise State University 1 over cap | 20 | $840k | $41,975 | 1000 | vs | |
| Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi room for 5 | 14 | $597k | $42,675 | 1000 | vs | |
| Houston Christian University at cap | 19 | $539k | $28,354 | 983 | vs | |
| Southeastern Louisiana University 2 over cap | 21 | $364k | $17,316 | — | vs | |
| Stephen F. Austin State University 4 over cap | 23 | $317k | $13,777 | — | vs | |
| LSU New Orleans room for 5 | 14 | $190k | $13,601 | 994 | vs | |
| McNeese State University room for 6 | 13 | $185k | $14,267 | — | vs | |
| Nicholls State University room for 1 | 18 | $99k | $5,513 | — | vs |
Every Southland Conference women's beach volleyball program · Women's Beach Volleyball budgets ranked