For the average VolleyMob reader, that one sentence is probably the most you’ve ever learned about Howard University, but this year, they will have the distinction of being the only school in the country that will welcome in two of the most storied volleyball programs in the history of the NCAA, Penn State and Stanford, with combined undergrad enrollment of around 50,000, and access to endowments of more than $25 billion.
They’re also the two teams with the most-ever NCAA Women’s Division I National Championships, each owning 7.
“Stanford, Penn (State), and Wichita (State) are some of the blue blood programs in our sport. For them to come to play at Howard is a great moment for our program,” said Howard head volleyball coach Shaun Kupferberg. “It shows that we are doing something right and building a program that even the top teams in the nation see value in playing.”
Howard will open their 2018 home season against Wichita State, another national power that is ranked 29th in the AVCA pre-season coaches’ poll, before welcoming in AVCA #1 Stanford to the Burr Gymnasium. 3 weeks later, they’ll play host to AVCA #6 Penn State for what is being called a “White Out” game, encouraging their students and fans to wear all-white to the game – a popular trend in collegiate athletics.
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