Which schools still have scholarships available? Does NCAA have a website where this is listed anywhere?
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I am focusing on academic scholarships for my son. Is there way to find out if schools offer both? I think the big 10 only does one or the other.
This question has been asked several times in the past. The only response I’ve ever seen is “no.”
In order to receive both academic and athletic money GPA and SAT/ACT scores have to be at a certain level. It’s reasonably high. In 2012 my son qualified with an unweighted 3.7+ in the gifted program with several AP classes and a 1310 SAT.
The 2023 requirements are listed in this article …
@RJM posted:This question has been asked several times in the past. The only response I’ve ever seen is “no.”
In order to receive both academic and athletic money GPA and SAT/ACT scores have to be at a certain level. It’s reasonably high. In 2012 my son qualified with an unweighted 3.7+ in the gifted program with several AP classes and a 1310 SAT.
The 2023 requirements are listed in this article …
I wonder if that's accurate, it was a 1270 on the SAT. And then all the changes during Covid I think these were relaxed for some amount of time. There is also a requirement to maintain I *think* a 3.0 in order to keep both.
As far as knowing if a school will combine, you should be able to find that out by speaking with players.
@lucky4three posted:Which schools still have scholarships available? Does NCAA have a website where this is listed anywhere?
No-one answered the OP's question (except by cartoon). The answer is, no, the NCAA does not have a website. You can go to Perfect Game's listings of recruits by year (mostly self-reported) and see who is listed as committed. That doesn't tell you everything - upperclassmen may be leaving, not all commits may be getting scholarship money, some schools cut committed players before they sign an NLI - but it gives some indication of who is expected in each freshman class.
@Dadof3 posted:I am focusing on academic scholarships for my son. Is there way to find out if schools offer both? I think the big 10 only does one or the other.
If you are focused on academic scholarships then your best source is the Admissions Dept. Coaches can steer you in the right direction, but in my experience they have other "fish to fry". Also, I believe it is school dependent not conference dependent, and there are differences between public and private schools. Private schools have more discretionary funds.
After reading RJM's link it doesn't seem like anything has changed except maybe during Covid. This policy looks to be the same when my oldest son was looking at programs. I would ask the Coach directly if it (athletic + academic) is a possibility, and I'd ask if someone has done it previously. When we asked the question to an A-10 conference Head Coach, he said yes, and he put us in touch with an athletic/academic liaison with Admissions. What we found at this particular A-10 school was the higher level academic scholarships required many additional hoops to jump through, and the ED application process was dependent on an intended major(s) which my son had no interest in. I got the distinct feeling they were willing to stack academic/athletic schollys, but they were managing the total amount.
In my experience, if a D1 HC has no athletic money and wants you to focus on academic scholarships while on the baseball team that is not necessarily a good thing for you. Coach has no skin in the game. My son had an SEC coach pitch him a walk-on roster spot with an academic scholarship and enrollment in their honors college. My son passed. Not a good situation for him wanting to study engineering.
Just my experience, and good luck with your search.
Keep in mind that not all schools are still fully funded for athletic scholarships. So it's really important to focus on doing well in the classroom.
In the very near future, schools will have to fully fund all athletic scholarships.
@lucky4three posted:Which schools still have scholarships available? Does NCAA have a website where this is listed anywhere?
There is no way to obtain information about scholarship allotment or availability. That information is proprietary to the program. It’s fine to ask the question but no guarantee that you get an honest answer.
@CollegebaseballInsights has the best source for the number of recruits, which you can infer how many funded slots a school has. Like Fenway, my son received a "preferred walk on" to mid major high academic UC West Coast program with scholarship $ and he passed. Most well connected travel coaches will know how many funded slots a school has. Also remember most D1 programs are incompatible with STEM majors.
Good luck!
@BOF posted:@CollegebaseballInsights has the best source for the number of recruits, which you can infer how many funded slots a school has. Like Fenway, my son received a "preferred walk on" to mid major high academic UC West Coast program with scholarship $ and he passed. Most well connected travel coaches will know how many funded slots a school has. Also remember most D1 programs are incompatible with STEM majors.
Good luck!
@BOF appreciate the shout out. I didn't want to way in on this topic as for there is a lot of nuance to the answer.
The incoming recruit insights is based on players officially on the spring roster.
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What I would point out is that spring roster is point in time. Players that either left after fall season or are non-rostered redshirts will not be included.
For the past 2 years, we've posted a schools fall roster if it is available. Note, the challenge with the fall roster is the following:
1 - Only 70% of the team post fall roster
2 - Roster are posted over a specific time period, e.g. 75 out of 305 schools posted a roster in September
3 - Some may only post returning players
etc.
Thus it is a mix bag.
Nothing straight forward.
That being said, IMHO knowing how much a scholarship $$$ or slot a school has remaining is similar to going to a casino. Yeah, some try to use the card counting or some other methods in order to beat the system, but that is hard.
BTW, last week I sent a email to EADA Administration asking if they are planning to collect and publish:
1 - No. of Scholarships allocated by sport
2 - NIL
3 - Recruiting Budget by sport (I believe they collect this information, but publish the total amount vs amount by sport)
EADA policy is still based on the 1993 law, thus I don't see this moving quickly
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That being said, IMHO knowing how much a scholarship $$$ or slot a school has remaining is similar to going to a casino. Yeah, some try to use the card counting or some other methods in order to beat the system, but that is hard.
Love the comparison!
In terms of D1 HA schools that do not offer any athletic scholarships (ie Ivys and others), we found the coaches to be honest and forthright with how many recruiting slots they have available to take to admissions and where my son stood on their big board. We just needed to ask. If you can get an academic scholarship to one of these (same) schools then you are very, very fortunate.