Association, level of play in an association, position, other???

In these various discussion on scholarship monies, people throw out some outstanding amounts and percentages. However, I can't help myself from wondering whether they are talking NAIA, NCAA, ... and what level of play in that association for example, D=I, D-II, D-III. I also wonder what position the player plays. Most of us accept the notion that pitchers get the most followed a lot of the time by catchers and SS. I then wonder whether a player who receives these huge amounts include other contributions such as academic monies figured in by the parent. Knowing that D-I gets 12 full scholarships but usually keeps 22+ players on their roster and D-II gets 7.2 scholarships but typically has 18-20 players. Doing the math, when any of these two programs gives out a huge athletic scholarship, someone else is either getting cut or their monies getting reduced. I'm sure others can chime in on NAIA, ... We all know that NCAA D-III doesn't hand out athletic scholarships.

So, it would be nice to have this information. We don't need to know school or conference. JMHO!

Edited to add:

Fixed number of scholarships per D-II

I know someone that is the baseball coach at a NAIA school they made it to Nationals last year.

He has X amount (he would not tell me and I did not ask) that he can give out each year. But the school will raise that amount if the team maintains a 3.0 GPA (the whole team average). He also works with with financial aid to check on need based first. Some of the student athletes from the high school I was at previously went to that school the parents said he is a great advocate for his players when it comes to financials.

My take is NAIA does not have too many set rules and there is a lot of freedom.

D2 is actually 7.2 scholarships for softball. NAIA is 10. Not all schools have fully funded athletic programs, so number of scholarships given out varies.

DD is a catcher and is signed at a D2. Getting about 53% total. 55% of that is academic money. We would have had less out of pocket if she would have went to the NAIA on her list, but she's got a decent sized 529 account and we have the means to make up the rest. We told her not to factor in cost when deciding between the two.

Comocoach said:

D2 is actually 7.2 scholarships for softball. NAIA is 10. Not all schools have fully funded athletic programs, so number of scholarships given out varies.

DD is a catcher and is signed at a D2. Getting about 53% total. 55% of that is academic money. We would have had less out of pocket if she would have went to the NAIA on her list, but she's got a decent sized 529 account and we have the means to make up the rest. We told her not to factor in cost when deciding between the two.

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I was just going to mention this. In speaking with a D2 coach, he mentioned that the budget for his program is equal to less than 3 full rides if you added everything up. He currently doesn't have any full ride athletes on his roster. So just because they are permitted 7.2 scholarships, doesn't mean they are all used.

Comocoach said:

D2 is actually 7.2 scholarships for softball. NAIA is 10. Not all schools have fully funded athletic programs, so number of scholarships given out varies.

DD is a catcher and is signed at a D2. Getting about 53% total. 55% of that is academic money. We would have had less out of pocket if she would have went to the NAIA on her list, but she's got a decent sized 529 account and we have the means to make up the rest. We told her not to factor in cost when deciding between the two.

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Thanks. When you say "53% of total" what is included in the total (tuition, fees, room & board, meal plan, health center/medical, etc?). Do you think your 529 plans had an adverse affect on getting more monies from the college? Thanks in advance.

Rocketech1 said:

Thanks. When you say "53% of total" what is included in the total (tuition, fees, room & board, meal plan, health center/medical, etc?). Do you think your 529 plans had an adverse affect on getting more monies from the college? Thanks in advance.

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She was offered a dollar amount. X$ academic + X$ athletic. We figured the % based on tuition, room and board (meal plan), books and fees. Our 529 affected our decision making process, but the school did not know about it.

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