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Division II · Great American Conference

Southern Arkansas University Women's Volleyball

Magnolia, AR · the Muleriders · Southern Arkansas University overview
20
Roster
2024–25 season
$300k
Team budget
28th percentile in Division II
$14,986
Per roster spot
median $20,336
2
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
67%
Admitted
top quarter for selectivity

Southern Arkansas University fields a women's volleyball team in the Great American Conference (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 20 players, about the median of 19, with 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Team expenses were $299,725, below the median of $396k — $14,986 per roster spot, lower half of Division II women's volleyball programs. The school gave $791,319 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $5,419 per roster spot.

Among Division II women's volleyball programs

Where this program sits against its 283 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$300k
Spend per player$14,986
Roster size20
Coaching staff2

Team budgets across the division

$40k$4.1M
this programevery Division II women's volleyball program

Roster sizes

1262
this programevery Division II roster

The program

  • Roster20 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 1 assistant
  • Team expenses$299,725 for the year
  • Operating expenses$36,649 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$14,986 division median $20,336
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$791,319 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$5,419 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$10,205 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Alli O'Banion head coachHead Coachnot on file
Alli HarrellHead Volleyball Coachnot on file
Sarah FordAssistant Volleyball CoachOn file · sign in
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school volleyball players492,799 2024-25
  • Division II roster spots5,587 283 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 88 1.1% of high-school players hold a Division II roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division II; the women's 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.
3,224undergraduates · 5,127 students in all
Women 57% Men 43%
Setting
Town
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
67%admitted · of 2,936 applicants
SAT middle 50%920 – 1180
ACT middle 50%17 – 23
Test scores
Scores required
Graduate in 6 yrs
41%

Women's Volleyball

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20on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$299,725 $14,986 per roster spot · lower half of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 1 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$791,319
Recruiting spend, women's
$10,205
$14,164net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$25,640
Sticker, out-of-state$31,220
Average net price$14,164
Net price by family income
$0–30k$14,823
$30–48k$15,172
$48–75k$15,686
$75–110k$19,378
$110k and up$18,896
Tuition & fees
$9,820 in-state · $15,400 out

Campus safety

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0.35violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.35
Property0.56
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 4 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
4 over 2022–2024
18%of bachelor's degrees in education · 21 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Education113 · 18%
Business99 · 16%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation45 · 7%
Agriculture45 · 7%
Visual & performing arts40 · 6%

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Women's Volleyball programs within 150 miles

Southern Arkansas UniversityOuachita Baptist University · 59 miHenderson State University · 59 miGrambling State University · 61 miLouisiana Tech University · 63 miCentenary College (Louisiana) · 63 miEast Texas Baptist University · 83 miUniversity of Arkansas, Monticello · 85 miUniversity of Louisiana Monroe · 86 miUniversity of Arkansas, Pine Bluff · 96 miLeTourneau University · 104 miNorthwestern State University · 107 miUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock · 111 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Ouachita Baptist University Division II · Great American Conference5920$296k—69%
Henderson State University Division II · Great American Conference5938$387k—82%
Grambling State University Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf.6119$591k94424%
Louisiana Tech University Division I · Sun Belt Conference6320$834k97173%
Centenary College (Louisiana) Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference6311$156k—54%
East Texas Baptist University Division III · American Southwest Conference8323$259k—60%
University of Arkansas, Monticello Division II · Great American Conference8516$283k——
University of Louisiana Monroe Division I · Sun Belt Conference8617$470k100075%
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf.9617$371k96258%
LeTourneau University Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference10422$170k—41%
Northwestern State University Division I · Southland Conference10715$606k98994%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Division I · United Athletic Conference11115$592k95458%

Other women's volleyball programs in the Great American Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Harding University17$544k$31,984—vs
Oklahoma Baptist University26$543k$20,882—vs
Southern Nazarene University20$427k$21,359—vs
Southwestern Oklahoma State University16$389k$24,336—vs
Henderson State University38$387k$10,187—vs
Arkansas Tech University18$360k$19,984—vs
Southeastern Oklahoma State University16$336k$21,002—vs
East Central University20$324k$16,184—vs
Southern Arkansas University20$300k$14,986—vs
Ouachita Baptist University20$296k$14,804—vs
University of Arkansas, Monticello16$283k$17,716—vs
Northwestern Oklahoma State University22$230k$10,433—vs

Every Great American Conference women's volleyball program · Women's Volleyball budgets ranked