I want to play on the volleyball team?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Pomona College
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I trained to be a setter for many years (and was even recruited by the Olympic Women’s volleyball coach), however I could not pursue the sport due to my rural location and financial need.

I want to play volleyball in college, but I have not played on a club team or school team in two years. I have been focusing on my academics (math/computer science). I feel like I could compete at a college level given a month or two of training. My specialty is setting. I also am still in contact with the olympic coach and she has written a LOR for me about my hard-working characteristics shown even as a 13 year old (when I started training with her), and how I will succeed at anything I set my mind to.

Should I contact the Pomona coaches and express my interest? Is it too late for recruiting? Would they even consider someone who has not been on an official team in two years? I do not have a recruiting profile or any recent videos of me. I do play volleyball in an adult league and could get decent footage if I really tried to.

2

You may not be recruited, but you can ask the coach if you could walk in if you get in.

3

You don’t lose anything by filling out the recruiting questionnaire, usually found on the team website. Often the benefit to being recruited to a D3 school is admission help with and ED application, and you are probably too late for that, but different schools have different admissions rules so don’t give up yet.