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Division I · Big Sky Conference

Southern Utah University Women's Volleyball

Cedar City, UT · the Thunderbirds · Southern Utah University overview
16
Roster
room for 2 under the cap of 18
$711k
Team budget
24th percentile in Division I
$44,446
Per roster spot
median $60,381
4
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
940
APR
94% of players retained
80%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

Southern Utah University fields a women's volleyball team in the Big Sky Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 16 players, below the median of 18, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $711,139, below the median of $1.1M — $44,446 per roster spot, lower half of Division I women's volleyball programs. That leaves room for 2 under the Division I roster cap of 18 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 940, about the median of 990, with 94% of players retained year to year. The school gave $2,562,950 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $10,723 per roster spot.

Among Division I women's volleyball programs

Where this program sits against its 344 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$711k
Spend per player$44,446
Roster size16
Coaching staff4
APR940

Team budgets across the division

$189k$6.8M
this programevery Division I women's volleyball program

Roster sizes (cap 18)

1055
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster16 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap18 room for 2
  • Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
  • Team expenses$711,139 for the year
  • Operating expenses$152,678 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$44,446 division median $60,381
  • Academic Progress Rate940 multi-year; 971 latest
  • Players retained94% year to year
  • Eligible94% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$2,562,950 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$10,723 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$113,152 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Danielle Jensen head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Camber DodsonAssistant Volleyball CoachOn file · sign in
Quintin WardAssistant Volleyball CoachOn file · sign in
Calvin JensenRecruiting CoordinatorOn 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 I roster spots6,282 344 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 78 1.3% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
13,043undergraduates · 15,033 students in all
Women 58% Men 42%
Setting
Town
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
80%admitted · of 19,190 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
51%

Women's Volleyball

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16on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 1816
room for 2
Academic Progress Rate940
94% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$711,139 $44,446 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$2,562,950
Recruiting spend, women's
$113,152
$12,375net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$20,294
Sticker, out-of-state$34,110
Average net price$12,375
Net price by family income
$0–30k$7,156
$30–48k$8,339
$48–75k$11,243
$75–110k$14,197
$110k and up$15,580
Tuition & fees
$6,770 in-state · $20,586 out

Campus safety

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0.43violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.43
Property0.24
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 14 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
12 over 2022–2024
16%of bachelor's degrees in business · 26 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business265 · 16%
Education176 · 11%
Liberal arts & general studies150 · 9%
Health professions & nursing115 · 7%
Psychology112 · 7%

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Women's Volleyball programs within 150 miles

Southern Utah UniversityUtah Tech University · 48 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Utah Tech University Division I · Big Sky Conference4816$757k——

Other women's volleyball programs in the Big Sky Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
University of Northern Colorado 1 over cap19$1.2M$62,350995vs
Montana State University-Bozeman 1 over cap19$1.2M$60,950983vs
Idaho State University 2 over cap20$1.1M$57,169989vs
Eastern Washington University room for 117$1M$60,473986vs
Weber State University room for 216$955k$59,718995vs
Portland State University room for 414$931k$66,530941vs
University of Montana 1 over cap19$885k$46,583970vs
Northern Arizona University room for 216$852k$53,225967vs
University of Idaho room for 513$801k$61,620980vs
Utah Tech University room for 216$757k$47,302—vs
Southern Utah University room for 216$711k$44,446940vs

Every Big Sky Conference women's volleyball program · Women's Volleyball budgets ranked