Is 85% from a D1 college about as high an offer that you will see?

for bragging rights someone will say they got 100%.

The number is only important for your situation.

Some say they are getting 100%, and leave out that they are getting 100% of just tuition. That would leave all the room/board/other expenses, so this would translate to 50%. Still good, but 100% sounds better than 50%.

Because of 11.7 very few, if any, receive 100% despite what you may hear. My son's scholarship to a D1 mid-major covered tuition, room, books, some fees, and 1/2 a meal plan. At the time, about 10 years ago, that was 60%. Other funding, grants, fed loan, Pell, Hope, etc will probably be needed. Bottom line is every little bit helps!

Coveted pitchers may get more than 50%, but oftentimes position players will get less. Sometimes, when you hear that someone has received a full ride, the player is getting athletic AND academic monies.

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Originally posted by getoverthere:
Because of 11.7 very few, if any, receive 100% despite what you may hear. My son's scholarship to a D1 mid-major covered tuition, room, books, some fees, and 1/2 a meal plan. At the time, about 10 years ago, that was 60%. Other funding, grants, fed loan, Pell, Hope, etc will probably be needed. Bottom line is every little bit helps!

That's pretty darn close to 100% to me.

Jimbo,

The answer to your question is, a qualified "yes".

Very few players will see more than 85%. That's not to say they're not out there, they are. There just aren't very many of them.

For reasons I won't digress into, public university programs can sometimes offer a higher % than private universities. If you hear of 90% or even 100%, I would bet it came from a public U program.

With minimum offers now having to be 25% (or else nothing at all), I expect to see the top offers coming down some as teams try to spread their budgets. So 85% would be considered quite high.

Just make sure we're talking 85% of the total cost of attending, and not 85% of tuition and fees or something like that. A true 85% offer is 85% of the total of tuition & fees, room, board, and books.

For D-1 colleges, there is a NCAA limit of 11.7 full scholarships to be divided over a 28 player limit (w a total 35 roster limit); also the NCAA minimum of 25% (effective for all 2008 freshman) on the limit of 28 scholly players, 85% of total costs (tuition, R&B, supplies) is very rare. With the 25% minimum/28 scholly limit, that's less than 42% per player. Keep in mind, that some D-1 conferences have smaller scolly player limits than 11.7 (eg, SoCon is 8 and Ivy League is zero)

Generally, 2008 freshman are being offered 25% to 33% with more for pitchers or TNBT (The Next Big Thing). The days are over for D-1 colleges fielding teams of 50-60 players and giving most of the scholly $ to pitchers/TNBTs with a few token $$ for books and supplies for the others.

Keep in mind, these offers are for only year and with are dependent on a lot of factors. Look at the college roster to see which teams will lose players to the draft, graduation, etc as well as how many underclassmen play your son's position and their stats to determine how much playing time your son may get.

Also, pursue the many other small $$ scholarships you can find on the internet and through your HS counselor. There are lots of small $$ scholarships that require essays, etc and many employers offer scholarship money to children of employees. Good way to teach kids the value of an education.

Unfortunately, the NCAA underfunds baseball as a sport so don't look to BB scholly $$ to do it all.

According to our local newspaper everyone gets a full ride.
According to a recruiter who just retired after 35 years as a D1 recruiter with a magor D1 and as a coach who ran recruiting college camps for over 20 yearsw, he had never seen a full ride inj 35 years. Go figure >

One thing to note for D1 scholarship players.

If you are awarded any type of scholarship or money from anything mentioned from the above, you are required to declare everything you have received to the compliance department. This may include but not be limited to $ from personal loans, who paid for or bought your car, etc.

My employer at the time awarded 4K per child under certain circumstances (GPA, community service, etc.) and son was eligible. The money is directly given to the school.

We were told that money COULD be counted towards his scholarship but not determined until received and reviewed by compliance.

This is a good question to ask during the recruiting process.

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For D-1 colleges, there is a NCAA limit of 11.7 full scholarships to be divided over a 28 player limit

A clarification...

This coming year, the number of athletic scholarship players is limited to 30.

The following year, the number drops to 27.