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Division I · Big Ten Conference

University of Washington Women's Volleyball

Seattle, WA · the Huskies · University of Washington overview
19
Roster
1 over the D-I cap of 18
$3.4M
Team budget
96th percentile in Division I
$181,108
Per roster spot
median $60,381
4
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
990
APR
100% of players retained
43%
Admitted
top quarter for selectivity

University of Washington fields a women's volleyball team in the Big Ten Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 19 players, about the median of 18, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $3,441,059, well above the median of $1.1M — $181,108 per roster spot, top 10% of Division I women's volleyball programs. Under the Division I roster cap of 18 in force from 2025-26, that is 1 over — cuts or attrition are likely, though players already on the roster may stay (157 of 344 Division I programs carried more than the cap). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 990, about the median of 990, with 100% of players retained year to year. The school gave $7,984,481 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $23,210 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$3.4M
Spend per player$181,108
Roster size19
Coaching staff4
APR990

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

  • Roster19 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap18 1 over last season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
  • Team expenses$3,441,059 for the year
  • Operating expenses$787,042 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$181,108 division median $60,381
  • Academic Progress Rate990 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained100% year to year
  • Eligible98% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$7,984,481 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$23,210 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$713,271 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Leslie Gabriel head coachHead Coachnot on file
Michael BrunstingAssistant Coach and Recruiting CoordinatorOn file · sign in
Krista HendricksonAssistant Coachnot on file
Hardy WooldridgeAssistant 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 I roster spots6,282 344 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 78 1.3% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; 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.
39,515undergraduates · 55,620 students in all
Women 49% Men 51%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Research university
Affiliation
None
43%admitted · of 62,428 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
84%

Women's Volleyball

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19on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 1819
1 over — players already on the roster may stay
Academic Progress Rate990
100% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$3,441,059 $181,108 per roster spot · top 10% of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$7,984,481
Recruiting spend, women's
$713,271
$11,023net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$34,552
Sticker, out-of-state$63,906
Average net price$11,023
Net price by family income
$0–30k$6,398
$30–48k$6,601
$48–75k$7,817
$75–110k$17,234
$110k and up$28,383
Tuition & fees
$12,643 in-state · $41,997 out

Campus safety

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0.66violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.66
Property3.78
In residence halls
18 burglaries · 18 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
23 over 2022–2024
13%of bachelor's degrees in computer & information sciences · 28 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Computer & information sciences1,061 · 13%
Biological sciences965 · 11%
Social sciences883 · 10%
Engineering879 · 10%
Business688 · 8%

Research University of Washington

School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.

Women's Volleyball programs within 150 miles

University of WashingtonSeattle Pacific University · 3 miSeattle University · 3 miUniversity of Puget Sound · 28 miPacific Lutheran University · 36 miSaint Martin's University · 49 miWestern Washington University · 75 miCentral Washington University · 94 miUniversity of Portland · 145 miWillamette University · 148 miPortland State University · 149 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Seattle Pacific University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference317$446k—91%
Seattle University Division I · West Coast Conference315$1.2M97276%
University of Puget Sound Division III · Northwest Conference2828$186k—76%
Pacific Lutheran University Division III · Northwest Conference3616$235k—81%
Saint Martin's University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference4916$389k—76%
Western Washington University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference7519$688k—91%
Central Washington University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference9419$561k—90%
University of Portland Division I · West Coast Conference14519$1.2M99595%
Willamette University Division III · Northwest Conference148———69%
Portland State University Division I · Big Sky Conference14914$931k94191%

Other women's volleyball programs in the Big Ten Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
University of Nebraska-Lincoln room for 117$6.8M$400,828989vs
University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 over cap19$5.2M$273,137995vs
Michigan State University 3 over cap21$4.2M$197,734990vs
University of Southern California 5 over cap23$3.7M$162,638965vs
Northwestern University room for 117$3.5M$208,1011000vs
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities room for 117$3.5M$207,738995vs
University of Washington 1 over cap19$3.4M$181,108990vs
Purdue University 6 over cap24$3.2M$134,8801000vs
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick room for 117$3.2M$188,7361000vs
Pennsylvania State University 1 over cap19$3.2M$166,752984vs
The Ohio State University 2 over cap20$3.2M$158,050990vs
University of Michigan 5 over cap23$2.9M$128,259995vs
University of Iowa 8 over cap26$2.9M$111,653952vs
University of California, Los Angeles 2 over cap20$2.8M$138,512987vs
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 1 over cap19$2.8M$145,720994vs
University of Oregon room for 216$2.6M$161,432976vs
Indiana University, Bloomington 8 over cap26$2.6M$98,733989vs
University of Maryland, College Park at cap18$2.4M$134,267989vs

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