Percentage of What?

This link might help. You might also do a search for "cost of attendance"

http://hsbaseballweb.com/eve/f...041078642#9041078642

Thanks MTH...in my zeal to post the question, it didn't even cross my mind to actually search for it myself! duh...thanks again.

It is 25% of an equivalency-- which is tuition, fees, room, board, and $400 for books.

The cost of attendance at a college is different and somewhat more money ($2-3K), because it includes some other expenses. FAFSA uses the COA, while the NCAA uses equivalancies.

BTW, the thread linked above is from 2007, and predates the 25% rule. So I suspect that not everything written there is still true.

If a student gets athletic and academic aid from a college, does that total percentage count towards the coaches 11.7?

The NCAA separates aid into institutional and non-institutional, and treats them differently. Institutional aid counts against the 11.7 unless it is awarded completely without considering athletic ability or achievement. (15.5.1a) Some outside aid isn't countable even if athletics ability was a factor in awarding the aid, if the player was not recruited, or if the aid isn't limited to a particular college.

Institutional academic scholarships are excepted from the equvlency calculation if the player meets certain thresholds. Specifically, top 10% of high school class, or SAT of 1200 or greater (out of 1600), or cumulative GPA of 3.5 (out of 4.0). (15.5.3.2.2.1)