Scholarship Distribution

27 is the maximum number of players that a D1 can give scholarships to.  There is no minimum number of players.  So a fully funded school could give 11 players 100% and one player 70%.  So 12 players could be on scholarship.  Hope that makes sense.

Bballman nails it.

• If a D1 baseball player receives any athletic award, it must be a minimum of 25%
• School can (obviously) provide up to 100% athletic award to a player if they wish
• School can provide athletic award to no more than 27 players of the max roster of 35
• School can provide combined total of 11.7 scholarships

So to Bballman's point, there is no minimum number of the 27 students eligible to receive athletic award.  They can spread a portion across all 27, or they can spread it across any number less than that so long as they don't exceed 11.7 and 27 while meeting the minimum 25% award.

There is no requirement, fully funded or not, to provide award to all 27.

I'll take a stab at it, but I don't think anyone will really know unless they are a college coach in this situation.  

27 is the MAXIMUM number of players on athletic scholarship, but there could possibly be more on scholarship, and definitely less.  My son went to a high academic school so I am pretty sure there were 1 or 2 players on academic scholarships that didn't have to be 'counters' toward the 27 (these players had near perfect grades in college).  Coaches love these guys for this reason.

I don't think coaches distribute evenly (25% to all until the money runs out)  no matter how many scholarships  they have.   Players up the middle (pitchers, catchers, CF, SS/2B) may get more money to entice them to go their school.  Sometimes, a player leaves the program (draft/grades/other) and their scholly money gets dumped on to another player that already has a scholarship so they get more that semester/year and possibly less the next year.

A parent of a baseball program in a neighboring state told me that all freshmen got 25%, sophomores 33%, juniors 50% and seniors 66%.    Not sure if they were fully funded or not, but it was an interesting way to distribute.  I know of a college golf program that did this, too.

Just my thoughts

I see we several of us were replying at the same time.   Sorry.

OK, great thank you for info.  I misunderstood the 27 player part of the equation.  Thank you all!

I remember an ACC coach once saying only 18-20 players contribute. So only 18-20 will get all the money.

Few SS in our area getting 60-90% by midwestern schools.  Great gloves and bats, along with a demand for their services.  Initially I was surprised...

RJM posted:

I remember an ACC coach once saying only 18-20 players contribute. So only 18-20 will get all the money.

Probably why many don't fully fund?

FriarFred posted:

OK, great thank you for info.  I misunderstood the 27 player part of the equation.  Thank you all!

Also, once again, no one is forcing the program to give anything to anyone. 

One should always ask if the program fully funds it's program. 

I think there is a site that gives that info? Anyone know?

Where can you find out which colleges do not fully fund baseball?  Is there a wiki page somewhere?

TPM posted:

FriarFred posted:

OK, great thank you for info.  I misunderstood the 27 player part of the equation.  Thank you all!

Also, once again, no one is forcing the program to give anything to anyone. 

One should always ask if the program fully funds it's program. 

I think there is a site that gives that info? Anyone know?

This is especially true at mid-majors and smaller D1's. It's a fantastic indicator of how much support the program gets from the school. 

As to a sit, I don't think I've ever found one. Usually, if you ask, they'll tell you.