Good article. Shows how complicated and competitive it is to secure a spot on an NCAA roster. D2 only has 9 scholarships to work with, although they are not limited to a 25% minimum or the 27 player limit.
It also shows how important academics are. Much more likely to get academic money than athletic money. Get your kids to hit the books hard and keep their grades up. Starting freshman year. It's hard to catch up once they get behind. Wish I had done more of that with my son. The academic money would have been nice.
Good article. Shows how complicated and competitive it is to secure a spot on an NCAA roster. D2 only has 9 scholarships to work with, although they are not limited to a 25% minimum or the 27 player limit.
It also shows how important academics are. Much more likely to get academic money than athletic money. Get your kids to hit the books hard and keep their grades up. Starting freshman year. It's hard to catch up once they get behind. Wish I had done more of that with my son. The academic money would have been nice.
True statement...I know some father's that spent thousands of dollars on their son playing baseball on the travel circuit and they still pay for them to go to college because if you are lucky your baseball scholarship will be 50% of the full cost to attend per year, it's usually less.
My son is in college for FREE on an academic scholarship at a D1 school, while the baseball scholarship recepients get tuition only covered and they are on the hook for room and board which is like $9k per year.
I think that many people sell D3 short. Many are small private schools with money to give. If you are truly looking to continue to play ball in college and, more importantly get an education, D3 is an alternative.
i would like to echo what Zcoach said about D3 and also making sure your kid hits the books. My son was a good Travel Ball player but not good enough to play ball at a D1 school. He is still playing baseball and loving it at a D3 school,out of state, and they gave him a lot of academic money to go there. He would have been able to go to UGA and receive the full Hope but it is less expensive for him to go to this out of state school and continue to play ball. There are a lot of options out there but you have to look.
D1 Baseball Scholarships...good read
Posted - 06/23/2015 : 16:06:18
