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A WORD OF ADVICE TO STUDENT ATHLETES |
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| THE WORLD OF COLLEGE SPORTS |
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| The world of college sports is as competitive as any activity in the United States. Players every year are getting bigger, smarter, and stronger. In football alone, the average lineman is 6'4" and bench presses over 400 pounds. Such athletes represent the finest in the world. High school athletes, therefore, are encouraged to remember the statistics mentioned in this brochure and to seek a college primarily as an academic experience. |
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| What you do now in high school will determine in large measure what you will do in college, both on the court or the playing field and in the classroom. The success you realize in both areas will be the direct result of how hard you are willing to work now. |
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| Sports requires an enormous amount of time. Now is the time to develop the right habits! |
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| THE ADVISOR AND COACH COMMITMENT |
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| Your advisor and coach(es) are committed to providing the assistance you will need to realize your academic and athletic goals. As much as we would like to we can't guarantee you an athletic scholarship to college, but we can assure you and your parents that we will help you plan, work, and search for an appropriate college experience. |
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| This athletic information identifies for you and your parents the process and the people who will help you prepare for you goals. |
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| Save it and refer to it each year to assure yourself that you are doing everything necessary to plan for your future college experience. |
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| Sports may or may not be in that future. Ultimately, that is up to you. We are here to help. |
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SO STAY IN CONTACT WITH THE 3 C?s: |
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Coach |
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Counselor |
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CAP Advisor |
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| DO YOU NEED TO PLAN CAREFULLY FORHIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE SPORTS? |
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Consider these facts: |
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- Only 3% of high school football players receive a scholarship to play in college; most of those are partials.
- Only 1�% of high school basketball players receive scholarships to play in college also mostly partials.
- Only 38% of Division I (major college) football players graduate at the end of five years. The percentage is lower for basketball.
- Tennis, swimming, and other kinds of scholarships are necessarily limited because of financial restrictions in many colleges.
- If you receive a questionnaire from a major college expressing interest in you as a football player, the odds are still as high as
320:1 that you'll ever receive a scholarship.
- If our school had started when our nation did, we would still have to wait a quarter of a century to have a graduate play
professional basketball. |
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HOW DO YOU PLAN CAREFULLY? |
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| Your Freshman Year |
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Sign an athletic code and get doctor's permission to participate. This must be done every year.
- Meet with your counselor to discuss your four-year plan as a roadmap to college.
- Meet again with your counselor before registration for the sophomore year to discuss college entrance requirements and to assure compliance with the NCAA eligibility rules. |
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| Your Sophomore Year |
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Take the PSAT to Practice for the SAT.
Meet again with your counselor before registration for the junior year to assure compliance with the NCAA eligibility requirements. |
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| Your Junior Year |
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Take the PSAT in October to practice for the SAT.
- Meet with your counselor and your advisor before registration for your senior year to be sure to meet college admission requirements and to assure compliance with the NCAA eligibility rules.
- Secure a copy of the NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Athlete from the NCAA website. Specifically read the section on athletic eligibility. Discuss it with your parents and coach.
- Sign up for a Career Search and a College Search.
- Meet with your advisor to discuss the results.
- Take the SAT and ACT in the winter or spring of the year.
- Inform your coach of your interest in playing a sport in college.
- Visit potential colleges. |
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| Your Senior Year |
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Retake the ACT and/or the SAT as needed:.
- Meet with your advisor early in the fall to review your transcript to assure compliance with the NCAA eligibility requirements.
- Meet with your coach to discuss your potential to play for certain colleges.
- Submit college applications.
- Review the NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Athlete and the videotape the ABC's of Eligibility for the College-Bound Student Athlete. |
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THE REAL WORLD OF ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS |
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| The Numbers |
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| According to recent NCAA legislation, the total number of athletic scholarships to be awarded in most college sports has been reduced. The major men's sports (NCAA Division I schools) have been most affected: |
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Football has been reduced from a team total of 95 just a couple of years ago to 85. They still award a maximum of 25 to new students.
- Basketball has been reduced from a team total of 15 to 13.
- Baseball from 13 to 11.17.
- Tennis, volleyball, and water polo from 5 to 4.5.
- Cross-country and track from 14 to 12.6.
All other sports have experienced similar reductions. |
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| The NCAA Division II (smaller schools) scholarships, in both men's and women's sports, have been reduced in much the same way. Women's scholarships in Division I schools (the major sports programs) have remained as follows: |
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| SPORT TOTAL TEAM SCHOLARSHIPS |
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Cross-country and track 16 |
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Basketball 15 |
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Swimming 14 |
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Volleyball 11 |
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Field, soccer, softball, and lacrosse 11 |
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Gymnastics 10 |
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Tennis 8 |
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Skiing 7 |
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Golf 6 |
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Fencing 5 |
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