Derek DiGuglielmo from Dobbs Ferry Gets Full Ride to..

Full ride? Great. Extremely unusual.

How much is for academics?

I didnt know the Hoyas were giving full baseball scholarships

At 11.7 how can ANY school afford to give one player a full ride?

I think this is your typical case of interpertaion. The original poster is a HS soph 08' from a different school. Who by previous posts, looks up to some of the other players from our area who he has either seen play or been teamed with. Derek is a good player and a good student.

Yeah that was my fault. It was not a full ride but he got something I believe. Sorry, no need to get all critical.

and...The only player that I look up to is Alex Rodriguez

Tiger,
Not being critical Kid, I just tend to take things literally until someone straightens me out! I'm glad you take part in the Message Boards, you'll learn plenty. I've heard lots of younger players talk about a "full ride" in NCAA baseball as something easily attainable. When I try to convey the facts as I know them, they think I don't know what I'm talking about.......or they think I'm just plain MEAN!

I talked to a 35 year veteran coach from Western Michigan and he told me there is no such thing as a full ride but then he asked the 10 other coaches and they thought Dereck Jetter maybe.
You hear the full ride story all the time but is usually a misinterpetation.

Just to add on to a dead post... Derek got a full scholarship to Goergetown, but part of it was academic. He holds a 3.7 GPA @ Dobbs Ferry and is president of the Italian Club or something. A friend of mine dated him a few months ago and when we scrimmaged them she came to the game and was telling me about him. He didn't do anything special in the scrimmage, but looking at his stats from this year and his junior year, I can't really say anything bad about the guy.

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... got a full scholarship to Goergetown, but part of it was academic.

It is my understanding, told to me directly by a DI coach who was recruiting my son, that academics monies are added to athletic and the total is counted against the athletic allowance. Therefore, the player should take the higher of the academic or athletic offers; the coach would not encourage "blending". It surprised me, as it likely would most people.

Nobody gives full athletic rides for baseball

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Originally posted by PioneerDad:
Therefore, the player should take the higher of the academic or athletic offers...

Why would a prospective student athlete turn down scholarship money? If the school is willing to give them academic + athletic money, take it!

i think the coaches would rather you take acedemic money vs athletic money as it doesn't come out of their budget.11.7 scholys at a fully funded school.not many schools are fully funded.and lets face it not many schools make money with baseball.
no matter how he got his money baseball or acedemics ,he is paying less for school with a chance to play.congrats and good luck to him.