"The purpose of this study was to identify factors that most influence prospective female volleyball student-athletes' selection of an NCAA Division I university. This research was an applied, cross-sectional study using a multi-method approach of collecting data using surveys and telephone interviews. The sample in this study was approximately 500 Division I female collegiate volleyball players from sixty-four universities"--Abstract. / Typescript. / "Spring Semester, 1998." / "Submitted to the Department of Physical Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy." / Advisor: Robert A. Rider, Professor Directing Dissertation. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-131).