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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are lots of players in the DMV playing in college. Last count the 2025 class had 70+ commits, from D1-D3.  The actual number is probably higher, haven’t seen a recent count as final decisions happened this year.  They do tend to come from a small number of clubs though, generally those that have teams competing at CHRVA bids/qualifiers and traveling.  Last check there were 10-12 clubs with at least 3 commits on their 18s teams.

There are a number of high academic players as well, but they tend to be more spread out amongst clubs—-metro and paramount aren’t generally getting many players into those schools, but there are certainly exceptions.

High academic volleyball recruiting correlates more with the players HS than their club, at least in the DMV.  You often see players from the DMV private schools like GDS, Bullis, Sidwell, etc. going to those schools.  There’s also a reasonable number from MCPS schools in MD.

The real reason CA outnumbers DMV is because there is more population in CA, and proportionally more of that population play volleyball.  They’ve been playing it longer there, and it’s a bigger sport with more established recruiting pathways.

Playing a sport in college is hard, and it isn’t for everyone. There’s nothing wrong with playing club volleyball-at any level-and then moving on to other things in college. Certain clubs absolutely focus (arguably over focus) on the college recruiting as a way to differentiate, but there are lots of clubs that’s don’t—even if they are successfully getting players onto college teams.

[b]Curious if you know of the 2025 commits how that shakes out by club? Which clubs have the highest placement counts? Maybe besides the obvious 2[/b]. [/quote]

I don't have a perfectly updated list for 2025, but here's what I have.  Feel free to add to the list/update the numbers if you have better info.  Stars indicate at least 1 D1 commit:

Metro - 16*
Columbia - 13*
VAE - 11*
Paramount - 10*
MD JRS - 9*
Blue Ridge - 7*
LEVBC - 6* 
VA JRS - 5*
MOCO - 3*
MVSA - 3*
MOJO - 2
VAVA - 1
Metro North - 1
SRVC - 1

88 players total[/quote]
I appreciate the hard work that went into this, but when I look at the Columbia 18s roster from Cap Hill on SportWrench, they only have 12 players on the roster and I know at least one who is not playing in college.and another who was a 2026 playing up to 18s. Were there 2025s who were young and played on 17s?  What was the source for the 13 figure?[/quote]

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