Where 2025-26 women's volleyball players came from
Texas sends more players to college women's volleyball than any other state: 9.6% of 2025-26 players, clear of California at 7%.
Out of 14,093 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
823 schools' 2025-26 women's volleyball rosters, 14,093 players. We don't say what share of all programs that is — no authoritative count of programs exists.
- Texas1,355 players · 9.6%
- California980 players · 7.0%
- Illinois818 players · 5.8%
- Ohio712 players · 5.1%
- Pennsylvania672 players · 4.8%
- Outside the U.S.645 players · 4.6%
- New York629 players · 4.5%
- Florida622 players · 4.4%
- North Carolina497 players · 3.5%
- Minnesota464 players · 3.3%
- Wisconsin417 players · 3.0%
- Indiana385 players · 2.7%
- Georgia352 players · 2.5%
- Virginia344 players · 2.4%
- Michigan342 players · 2.4%
- Home state unknown465 players · 3.3%
These players' roster pages didn't list a readable home town. We count them rather than hide them.
38 more places had fewer players and aren't shown.
Out of 14,093 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
Fewer than 4.6% of the women's volleyball players we read came from outside the U.S. (645 players), so there's no second chart — the numbers per country are too small to be worth ranking.
How to read this
Each bar is the number of players on a 2025-26 college women's volleyball roster whose listed home town is in that state. It is not a count of recruits, offers, or scholarships, and it says nothing about your own odds — it's simply where the players currently on rosters grew up.
We only call a state first when its lead survives the count. Here Texas is ahead of California by 375 players, more than the ~97 that ordinary variation could explain.
The unknown bar matters. 465 women's volleyball players (3.3%) are on rosters that didn't list a readable home town. We show them because a chart with no leftovers is usually a chart someone tidied up.
Source: official athletics roster pages, 2025-26 season, read August 4, 2026.