I am sure that the answer to my question is floating around this website somewhere but I cannot find it. I know that Division 1 schools now have to give a player a minimum of a 25% scholarship. What, if any, is the minimum that Division 2 player must receive?
Also no limit on the roster size (35 D1,) no cap on total number of players on scholarship (27 D1.) The only limit is 9 total scholarships vs. 11.7 in D1.
D2 teams also don't necessarily fund the max of nine scholarships either. Some conferences cap the number allotted at a lower number for member schools. So there's not always a lot of scholarship money that flows down to the players. The key, as stated many times on here, is to have good enough grades that a player is eligible for as much academic money as the school is willing to give. And no matter if you're getting a maximum or minimum level of baseball money, you've still got to play well enough to earn your time on the field.
Posts: 46 | Location: Carolinas | Registered: June 20, 2009
There is no minimum that a D2 school can give out. The key as another poster mentioned is the students grades. In most cases D2 schools gave "stack" money meaning that they can combine athletic money with academic money. The better the kids grades the more attractive the package can be. Having said that it doesn't mean that a D2 school won't pump a lot of baseball money into an elite arm or SS for instance. Most D2 schools are private as well so the tuition is higher than public schools meaning the kid is better off with better grades and qualifying for bright futures for instance.
Stacking happens at Palm Beach Atlantic for instance but other schools such as Barry I believe go the traditional route meaning that they offer academic money OR baseball money, not both. Just do your research on each school.
Posts: 9 | Location: Florida | Registered: October 14, 2009
I believe DI schools that are fully funded cant combine academic money with athletic only schools that are not fully funded can...not sure if its the same for DII
Posts: 57 | Location: North East | Registered: November 08, 2008
I believe DI schools that are fully funded cant combine academic money with athletic only schools that are not fully funded can...not sure if its the same for DII
Totally untrue.
Posts: 5698 | Location: Canada | Registered: October 13, 2005
"I believe DI schools that are fully funded cant combine academic money with athletic only schools that are not fully funded can...not sure if its the same for DII" ____________________________________________________
I too thought the above was true.....could someone please explain. Thank you
Posts: 9 | Location: Northeast U.S. | Registered: October 07, 2009
A school that does not fully fund its baseball scholarships does not have any advantages as to offering of academic aid in D1.
In D1 any school may offer academic aid on top of athletic aid, if certain NCAA minimums for academic qualification are met. The student must fall into one of the following categories to qualify for academic aid.
Top 10% of his class 3.5 GPA in core classes 105 Cumulative ACT 1200 SAT
If the athlete does not meet one of those thresholds, any academic aid will be counted against the 11.7 scholarships as athletic aid.
If the athlete does meet one of those thresholds, then academic aid can be given on top of athletic aid and not be counted against the athletic scholarship budget, up to the amount of tuition, books, fees, room and board.
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