Scholarship Money Available

Do you mean in general - how many scholarships they have?  Schools say they are fully funded when they have the max of 11.7.  Just ask any of the coaches.

 

Or if you mean how many of the 11.7 are available to disseminate to recruits....you will never get a straight answer.  My son was told by a school there was 0 left and asked to be a roster-only player...when in fact there was $ left.

I would like to know if there is a way to find out how much $$ an individual school has allotted for baseball scholarships?  I understand the 11.7 for D1, and 9 for D2 etc...

I happened to find this page a while back.  I can't vouch for its accuracy.

 

http://www.scholarshipstats.com/baseball.html

 

JCG,

 

Interesting data, but I don't think it sheds any light on baseball scholarships or level of funding. The only dollar figures are an average for all sports.

 

"*** Athletically based student aid is the average per participating student athlete for all varsity sports sponsored by the specific school."

 

I don't believe there is. It's not that the information is secret; but, it's not published, either. You'll need to ask the coaches associated with the programs that are of interest to you.

 

Even if it were published, I'd be skeptical of the information there unless it were actively kept up-to-date. Athletic Directors occasionally vary the amount of funding they provide to their programs.

Thank you JCG, that link is in line with what I was looking for. I appreciate it.

Another factor that gives schools the upper hand.  If I had the power at a baseball program and the allotted 11.7 worth of money, I'd make it public that all recruited players would get 1/3 scholarship guaranteed while on the team.  Straightforward and egalitarian.  If other monies available, we'll try to get it.  If not, I still respect you for committing to my program and I will treat you as I treat all others.  Playing time is a different issue, however.

Would be great if D1 schools could give 1/3 to every player on the roster, but the NCAA doesn't allow that. I believe the 11.7 are split between 28 players only.

Yes, understood.  Approx 40% for each of the 28.  But someone has to explain to me the rationale for keeping 7 players out of athletic scholarship money.  And also wouldn't the open/forthright knowledge that all the ballplayers are getting the same athletic funds help boost morale/confidence/team unity/enthusiasm/willingness to work for the "cause".  I disagree with the NCAA and college coaches in this aspect of their approach.

Giving everyone the same does seem like the fair way to do it. However, the very top players would be more likely to sign pro contracts.  MLB might like the idea.  Less leverage for the best players.  In the end I think this might stunt the growth we have seen in college baseball. Then again, maybe not!  I was just thinking those star players and top college prospects give college baseball a lot of additional publicity.

 

What I would like to see is they all get treated equally with full scholarships.  But that is just dreaming. I know football is the money maker in most cases, but 85 full rides sure seems like a lot. Add on a pile of walk ons.  11.7 for a sport that needs 9 guys on the field at all times and lots of pitching seems sort of chintzy. Especially the .7 part.

Don't you think that you'd lose the better players that get offered more by other schools, and attract the lesser players that get offered 25% by other schools?  How would you maintain a competitive program?

All players get the same athletic money (ie % of the 11.7), period.  Total monies/scholarship received could equal 100% if I had the wherewithal and the financial backing from my college to get more (outside of the "athletic scholarship") for a given player.

 

I will still try to get my top guys the most monies I can.  I want my guys to want to come to my school and be committed to my program.  I don't want any 100% athletic scholarship prima donnas.  I want my "last" recruits (and parents) to feel that they are just as important as my #1 guy.  If my number #1 guy wants 100% athletic money instead of 40% athletic, 20%art, 20%special donation, 20% library monies (silly of course), so be it.  Go somewhere else where you can feel "athletically" special, where the color of the athletic money looks better to you.  Maybe even think more about the big leagues than college.  You need to be special on the field when you get to my program.  Everyone has equal baseball chance (and equal baseball money) when they are in my program.  Maybe I will retain my guys for 4 years, maybe my "lower" recruits will be reassured and will be motivated to succeed, maybe I focus on my program and not whether I did or didn't give my number 1 guy enough baseball money or didn't give other guys enough.  Maybe I think my guys want that college degree and want to play at my school.

1) Regarding the budget allocated to scholarships:

1. I've found many a budget from public institutions online: budgets were published where athletics are broken out sport by sport. There are instances where each sport's expenses are line-itemed. You won't receive specifics, so you'll have to do some figurin'.
2. Google the coaching staff for interviews and quotes. You'd be surprised how much information you'll find.

2) Regarding the 11.7:

The big conferences recently "received" greater control of their guidelines from the NCAA. Now consider the emerging broadcast networks (B1G, SEC, etc.), the revenue flowing in from the networks, and the need for ongoing content, and you start to see the need for the conferences to be more competitive around the acquisition of talent (esp. vis a vis the MLB draft). It's a recipe for change.

Is there a reason why some coaches at certain schools want the Net Price Calculation result done on their site or on the collegeboard site?

We were asked to get them this information so they could "verify" if we qualified for financial assistance...however, i think they used the data to meet our "out of pocket" capability and offered a 40% scholarship that did just that..

 

At other D1 schools (7 0f the 8 offers he received), they didnt ask for anything from us.....they just made better offers...i think that's they way they go when they want a kid. Heck, WVU offered 75% on the phone after seeing him throw one time. Too funny.

I came across this on the internet. It is from 2010.

http://kaarme.com/College_Spor...ball_College_Ranking