Forgive my ignorance on the matter but what are the differences in scholarships between the Div II, III, and Juco levels?
Also, any reccomendations for these level schools in the midwest?
Thanks
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Let's throw the NAIA into that question, just for fun. Thanks. 
ANT09DAD,
NCAA Div II baseball can offer somewhere around 9 athletic scholarships (including room, board, tuition, fees and books). NCAA Div III baseball cannot offer any athletic scholarships, need based and academic only. Some examples of DII programs in the midwest, and specifically Romeoville, is Lewis. They are a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference, a wood bat league. Other midwestern DII's in the GLVC include St. Joe's, SIUE, Northern Kentucky, Quincy, Wisconsin-Parkside, etc.... There are many, many DIII's in the midwest but Carthage and Aurora come to mind on local DIII's with baseball success.
The Juco, NJCAA, level falls into three categories similar to the NCAA. NJCAA Div I baseball can offer 24 athletic scholarships (including room, board, tuition, fees and books). NJCAA Div II baseball can offer 24 athletic sholarships but is limited to tuition, books and fees. NJCAA Div III cannot offer athletic sholarships. NJCAA DI programs in northern IL include Kishwaukee and South Suburban. NJCAA DII programs with success in IL include Elgin and Parkland. NJCAA DIII programs with success include Joliet and DuPage.
These are but a few of the different institutions representing each division and sanctioning body. The best school for each student athlete is the one that represents the best fit.
NCAA Div II baseball can offer somewhere around 9 athletic scholarships (including room, board, tuition, fees and books). NCAA Div III baseball cannot offer any athletic scholarships, need based and academic only. Some examples of DII programs in the midwest, and specifically Romeoville, is Lewis. They are a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference, a wood bat league. Other midwestern DII's in the GLVC include St. Joe's, SIUE, Northern Kentucky, Quincy, Wisconsin-Parkside, etc.... There are many, many DIII's in the midwest but Carthage and Aurora come to mind on local DIII's with baseball success.
The Juco, NJCAA, level falls into three categories similar to the NCAA. NJCAA Div I baseball can offer 24 athletic scholarships (including room, board, tuition, fees and books). NJCAA Div II baseball can offer 24 athletic sholarships but is limited to tuition, books and fees. NJCAA Div III cannot offer athletic sholarships. NJCAA DI programs in northern IL include Kishwaukee and South Suburban. NJCAA DII programs with success in IL include Elgin and Parkland. NJCAA DIII programs with success include Joliet and DuPage.
These are but a few of the different institutions representing each division and sanctioning body. The best school for each student athlete is the one that represents the best fit.
A new DII Junior College baseball program begins its first year of baseball (as well as softball and mens and womens s****r) next fall. It is Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois. Athletic Director and head baseball coach is Nate Metzger. Nate is a great guy and fine coach. He has coached my three nephews at the junior high, high school and summer collegiate levels. In fact, he took the Twin City Scrappers, a summer collegiate team all the way to an NABF national championship in 2004. This was a team that Nate put together from the ground up, winning the national title in its third season.
The Heartland Hawks will play in the same conference as Parkland and plans on being fully funded with the 24 tuition scholarships they are allowed in DII. I expect Nate to have a very competitive team from the very start.
Uncle Kevin
The Heartland Hawks will play in the same conference as Parkland and plans on being fully funded with the 24 tuition scholarships they are allowed in DII. I expect Nate to have a very competitive team from the very start.
Uncle Kevin
Son received tuition and room at JUCO-but they said the college doesn't allow them to give books. Is the coaches governed by what the college says or can they say they can also offer books?
The school sets the rules on what a coach can offer.
The scholarships in Juco are "head count" ... In NJCAA D1, you can have 24 students on scholarship. If that scholarship is just for $100.00/year, that still counts as one of your 24.
The school will set a $ cap on the scholarship offers that the coach cannot exceed. Sometimes, conferences come up with other limitations in order to make recruiting a bit more even. Being a member of that conference means that the college must abide with their rules in addition to the schools and the NJCAA.
The scholarships in Juco are "head count" ... In NJCAA D1, you can have 24 students on scholarship. If that scholarship is just for $100.00/year, that still counts as one of your 24.
The school will set a $ cap on the scholarship offers that the coach cannot exceed. Sometimes, conferences come up with other limitations in order to make recruiting a bit more even. Being a member of that conference means that the college must abide with their rules in addition to the schools and the NJCAA.
Thanks for the information that comes in handy!!
Have a great day!!!
Have a great day!!!
Sophmom - NAIA's have the same number as NCAA DIs with 12 (NCAA have 11.7) if they are fully funded. Just as with all the different levels, some will have all 12 funded and some won't. Most NAIAs carry a JV and are pretty pricey private schools (not all), so 12 scholarships can end up being stretched pretty far.
As far as JUCO's go, not all JUCOs fall under the NJCAA guidelines. Then within each conference there are variances. The JUCO my son attended for a year could give housing money as part of the scholarship. One in another conference couldn't include any housing. Then a third only funded six scholarships that had to be divided, so basically no one even got all their tuition included. Lots of differences between conferences and schools.
As far as JUCO's go, not all JUCOs fall under the NJCAA guidelines. Then within each conference there are variances. The JUCO my son attended for a year could give housing money as part of the scholarship. One in another conference couldn't include any housing. Then a third only funded six scholarships that had to be divided, so basically no one even got all their tuition included. Lots of differences between conferences and schools.
Thanks, lafmom.
Thank you everyone for the info.
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Is this place a blessing or what ?! I don't think you can come up with a question that won't be answered. Thank you to all the "old timers" that stick around just to help out those of us who are just starting.
a quick FYI: Many parents think DIII can come up with "AID" money that is for athletics. All DIII's, now have in place a compliance test that shows students vs athletes. Both with 3.0, 1000 SAT, for example. The scholarship awards from the school have to be comparable, within 5%. With that being said some schools are more generous than others based on the size of their endowment etc...
