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JUCO SCHOLARSHIP OFFER

B baseballdad13100+ posts
Besides a full ride, what is considered a good dollar amount for a first year player? Can we assume the coach is serious about having a player when they offer $500-$1000? How do we approach this subject with the coach if this happens. I know a full ride should mean you are on the roster this season, but I read a partial amount has no real value except they want you out there on their team trying to make it on. I am strictly talking Texas Junior Colleges (TX JUCO'S).Is there situation where the coach makes an offer which is a lowball offer to get you there knowing he would have offered more or if you decline the initial amount are you declining going there altogether?

What I'm getting at without saying who and where is a coach has told a player he will call next week and give an offer or maybe call for an invite or whatever. High expectations can occur but it could be a let down. What to expect and how to handle it is still in question. It would be the first offer but is still on the radar at other schools and still on track for tryouts, combines and whatever it takes to get on somewhere possibly local D2.
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Rick at Informed AthleteRick at Informed Athlete5,000+ posts
baseballdad, regarding your statement "I know a full ride should mean you are on the roster this season" - A full ride should mean that the coach is counting on the athlete to be a frontline everyday player. $500 to $1000 is an OK offer, but not special.

The key is to find a program where they show that your son is really wanted by making an offer of at least 50% of a full scholarship at that school. What may be more important, however, is if - by you and your son using your gut instinct - do you think there's a good connection between the head coach at that school and your son? Is the head coach excited about your son coming to play for him?

Some coaches are slick with their spin and it's hard to answer that question I posed above, but try as best you can to determine that - especially if an assistant coach has been your son's main contact. Your son might have a great connection with the assistant who's recruiting him, but he's not the one making out the lineup card!
PU Pop Up Hitter dad1,000+ posts
Rick, not all 100% offers mean a player is needed, at least not on the field. Son got 40/60 offer, is barely playing and when does, game has been decided. I agree that dealing with the recruiting coach and not the head coach can lead to "he said, she said". Even if the head coach stays, assistants come and go. Head coach may have fired recruiting coach, which can lead to his signees being damaged goods. It appears in son's case that is what occurred. Very few coaches are fired, instead they "took a more lucrative offer".

I would insist to deal with the Head Coach only, in the nuts and bolts of the transaction.
B baseballdad13100+ posts
Did you mean 40 athletic and 60 academic?

Anyways I am trying to gauge a good offer. Some say it in 100% or 50% offer, but one coach mentioned he will try to see how much money he could get.
To me that sounds like a dollar amount.

Lets say if a JUCO year is $3000, $1000 offer is a 33% first year scholarship but I didn't know JUCO's could split it up. Like offering 3 kids $1000 equal a full ride of which they could have many to give out.

I have no idea how that works. Trying to get info.
Rick at Informed AthleteRick at Informed Athlete5,000+ posts
baseballdad, Div. I JUCOS (most Texas JUCOS are Div. I) are allowed 24 scholarships. Most team members will receive partial scholarships due to budget limitations.

Some coaches will reflect their scholarships in percentages, while others will reflect them in dollars. For example, a coach at School A where a full scholarship is valued at $10,000 for example, may tell you that he's offering $2500 because $2500 sounds better than 25%. Another coach at School B where a full scholarship is valued at $5000 may tell you that he's offering 50%, because it sounds better even though it's the same dollar amount.

And Pop Up Hitter is right, be sure to ask and have the coach explain how much of the offer is athletic, and how much is academic.
TPMTPMHSBaseballweb Member since 2003
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Originally posted by baseballdad13:
How does a scholarship work if say you get a dollar amount. How is the money distributed when there are many areas that have to be paid?

Lets say 2500 of the 10000 total but tuition is 2000 and meals are 1500 room and board 4500 and so on?


I am to assume that it remains the way it was when son was in college, the amount is paid against the entire semester bill. As an example, 40/60 is 100% applied toward the bill. In the case above you cited, it is applied towards total and one would pay the balance due.
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