04/08/2026
Volleyball isnât just growing⌠itâs taking over athletics right now. And if you were anywhere near downtown Spokane the past month, you felt it.
The Pacific Northwest Qualifier brought in hundreds of teams, thousands of athletes, and packed our arena spaces wall-to-wallâa level of energy and scale that used to be reserved for boys sports. Not anymore.
Girls volleyball is now one of the fastest-growing sports in the country, with:
đ Over 450,000+ high school players nationwide (and climbing every year)
đ Club volleyball explodingâyear-round training, travel teams, national exposure
đ Millions in college scholarships available across all divisions
đ Massive recruiting presenceâcoaches lining courts from open to close
But hereâs what matters more than the numbers đ
This sport is shaping lives.
Volleyball is giving young girls:
đŞ Confidence â learning to take up space, use their voice, and trust themselves
đ§ Resilience â every missed serve, every tough loss builds mental toughness
đ¤ Teamwork & leadership â learning how to lead, communicate, and show up for others
đĽ Work ethic â early mornings, long weekends, and the discipline to keep going
đ Opportunity â travel, exposure, and pathways they might not have otherwise had
Walk into that tournament and you see it in real time:
Teams dialed in with a level of discipline and competitiveness thatâs undeniable
Parents and families all-inâsupporting, investing, believing
Young athletes carrying themselves like leadersâfocused, confident, and driven
This isnât âjust a girls sport.â
This is high-performance, high-impact, life-shaping athletics.
And Spokane? Itâs becoming a hub for it.
Weekends like the Pacific Northwest Qualifier donât just fill gymsâ
they change the trajectory of whatâs possible for the next generation of young women.
The ceiling isnât risingâŚ
itâs being completely rewritten.
