The Following Website is one of the best tools that I have Found to identify a College that a player may want to go to. It can be broken down by the major that the student is interested in pursuing, by state, and even by Tuition $ amount. The college's websites are also listed.
It is never to soon to start looking.
(Who knows, you may find the perfect school that needs volleyball players and has scholarship opportunities)
It's Called College 'Scope.
The amount of times that you can view this website is limited. Just FYI. Enjoy, Coach Hagman.
http://www.financial-publishing.com/colscope_online.htm
The following website will take you to another college search engine.
http://cnsearch.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/CN/index
The following graph gives you an idea how many division 1 & 2 colleges offer scholarships each year in girls sports.
VOLLEYBALL is #2 for the number of schools that offer athletic scholarships.
Division 1 and division 2 schools offer 33,320 volleyaball scholarships every year.
This DOES NOT include the Junior Colleges, Division 3 schools (they can offer academic scholarships for their volleyball players), NAIA schools (like Weber University in Babson Park, and Religious Colleges/Universities (Christian Colleges/Universities like Southeastern University in Lakeland). There are Thousands of volleyball Scholarships offered each year to players all across the country. See the Dynamite Sports Tab on the website to get more information about College recruiting.
Soccer offers 29,871 scholarships per year.
Softball offers 18,470 scholarships per year.
Basketball offers 45,250 scholarships per year.
Golf offers 8048 scholarships per year.
DIII DI Bdmtn 0.3% 6 10 0 15 Cross Cntry 7.4% 18 12.6 0 1,309 Bwling 2.3% 5 5 0 62 Basket ball 8.2% 15 10 0 1,810 Volley ball 3.3% 12 8 0 1,666 Field Hcky 8.7% 12 6.3 0 255 Sftball 4.3% 12 7.2 0 962 Skiing 11.2% 7 6.3 0 42 Track 4.4% 18 12.6 0 962 Lacrss 13.7% 12 9.9 0 268 Tennis 5.1% 8 65 0 1,194 Ice Hcky 21.6% 18 18 0 73 Golf 5.5% 6 5.4 0 706 Sync Swim 22.3% 5 5 0 7 Water Polo 6.6% 8 8 0 97 Indoor Track 34.5% 18 12.6 0 769 Gymn -astics 6.8% 12 6 0 85 Fncing 55.7% 5 4.5 0 44 Soccer 6.9% 12 9.9 0 1,364 Eqstrn 172.7% 15 0 0 41 Swim 7.3% 14 8.1 0 582 Rwing 244.1% 20 20 0 145