d3 scholarships

[bab pure drive roddick]

is it true that d3 doesn't give athletic scholarships? how good of players do they normally take like sectional or national rankings...?

[Zhou]

I believe only d1 schools offer tennis scholarships but I may be wrong.

[<3Tennis]

is it true that d3 doesn't give athletic scholarships? how good of players do they normally take like sectional or national rankings...?

Yes I'm pretty sure Division III schools do not give out athletic scholarships mainly because I think they are more academic based.

From what I have heard, only Division I and II schools give out athletic scholarships.

[10ispro]

Only D1 and D2 schools are permitted to award Athletic scholarships for any sport.
Keep in mind tho, majority of of schools do not give full scholarships anymore, most do halves or partials so they have more money to spread around to bring in more talent. also, scholarships are limited in number by sport and by school.

Its far and few between to be given a tennis scholarship anymore. Most will provide other forms of aid, like housing waivers, book waivers and other means to help ease the cost of "education".

D3 can do many things like housing waivers etc...in many different ways just so long as it isnt called a scholarship
Also, its often overlooked, but all schools/programs regardless of type of aid available can offer an invaluable service--a coach of a school can help with the admission of a prospective player. So if its a 50/50 shot of getting into the school or not, being able to contribute to the program could be the difference in getting into the school or not.

[JLyon]

D1, D2, NAIA, NJCAA D1 all offer scholarships, you just have to look for the smaller schools. If your willing to go away and not to just State U. then there is a good chance of finding a scholarship somewhere. D III does not offer athletic scholarships, but if you have good academics they will steer you in the direction of plenty of academic scholarships to supplement the expenses.

[MIGHTY MANFRED THE WONDER]

Here's the kicker on D3.....
They will work with you on many other-type scholarships/grants and such
AND
If school and tennis get to be too much, just drop tennis- after all, the scholarships etc. were NOT for playing tennis for the school, right?
You can always opt back in and give them their money's worth later.

[tenniscrazed]

Here's the kicker on D3.....
They will work with you on many other-type scholarships/grants and such
AND
If school and tennis get to be too much, just drop tennis- after all, the scholarships etc. were NOT for playing tennis for the school, right?
You can always opt back in and give them their money's worth later.

Mighty has a great point on this because it is about competing, but also the retention of eligibility.

Many less mature freshman redshirt in football, basketball, baseball. The freshman is likely not mature enough to compete at that level, so the logical thing is to redshirt him/her until the athlete is mentally and physically prepared to compete.

The other level is at the JC level. There are many great Junior College programs out there which will test your tennis talents. Look at College of the Desert in Palm Desert CA., probably as good if not better than many lower level D1's.

[bab pure drive roddick]

so what kind of usta ranking do d3 players usually have? state/sectional/national

[monty2589]

I'm sure DIII has decent players but I guarantee there are some NAIA teams that can beat DIII teams so don't over look NAIA. There are some really good players in NAIA. I know the number one team in the conference I play in can beat some DIII teams.

[bluetrain4]

DIII doesn't offer scholarships per se, but many schools will put together a favorable (and sometimes VERY favorable) financial aid package for the student/athlete. The number of students who are provided aid and the amount of the aid, obviously, varies from school to school and the resources available.

[alb1]

so what kind of usta ranking do d3 players usually have? state/sectional/national

Very wide range in Dlll , from state/sectional ranked players to players who just played high school tennis. Depends on the team.

[bluetrain4]

Very wide range in Dlll , from state/sectional ranked players to players who just played high school tennis. Depends on the team.


It really is enormous. The players who play at places like Emory, UC-Santa Cruz, Gustavus Adolphus, Trinity, Washington University, Williams, Claremont)Mudd-Scripps, the top tier of Div III, are 5.0 and above, the top ones (i.e., the top ranked Div. III players) maybe could have played lower-tier D1. The top of the lineups at the top schools, I would imagine are 5.5's and maybe a few scattered 6.0s. I don't know if the bottom of the lineup at a top DIII school would get down into 4.5 range or not. Anyone know?

But, I know 4.0 players who were permanent members of DIII lineups. Granted these schools don't win anything and are not the top schools, but those kids get to play college tennis and probably enjoy it immensley.

[bab pure drive roddick]

I'm sure DIII has decent players but I guarantee there are some NAIA teams that can beat DIII teams so don't over look NAIA. There are some really good players in NAIA. I know the number one team in the conference I play in can beat some DIII teams.


what school do you play for and what was your sectional ranking in 18s

[MIGHTY MANFRED THE WONDER]

I said on a lot of posts- look at the TENNIS RECRUITING site for BOYS COMMITMENTS- Just out.

You will be feeling pretty good when you match up players/rankings to where you are, (or where you want to be)!

Seems there are some pretty nice schools you could make (IF you are carrying the grades)- Look at a couple-At the top of the page, you select by "Division" and watch what schools come out.

Not "picking" on any schools in any order, But look at Creighton, Colgate, The "Fighting Jurists" of Brandeis- all GREAT schools, good packages, and TENNIS for Men.....
There is a CREIGHTON guy on these posts right now, @ CU JAYS if we could ask him for some insights.

I watched the University of San Francisco players come into town and they are a good bunch of players, but I'm sure they are always looking ahead for guys who will fill the team holes from graduation, be able to "fit" in- There must be a hundred teams like that.
Teams that will give American graduates a shot, instead of reaching for the foreign list after top 50 are committed.

I'm not talking women tennis opportunities, they just wait for the offers.

[monty2589]

what school do you play for and what was your sectional ranking in 18s

I play for the University of the Cumberlands and I never really played sectionals when I was in high school