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by: Bob Howdeshell
High School Baseball Web

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This topic comes up from time to time on the message boards so it seems that an article about “how many” is a good idea.

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NCAA Division I

• 11.7 full scholarships
  
• Scholarship monies can be divided up
  
• Full scholarships are VERY rare
  
• Some lower level Division I schools do not fully fund all 11.7 available scholarships
  
• Blending of athletic and academic scholarship monies is permissible for academically qualifying student-athletes (This varies from school to school)

NCAA Division II

• 9 full scholarships
  
• Scholarships monies can be divided up
  
• Full scholarships in baseball are very rare
  
• Many NCAA DII programs do not fully fund all 9 scholarships
  In other words a school may only have 6 funded scholarships to work with – due to athletic department funding restrictions
• Blending of athletic and academic scholarship monies is permissible for academically qualifying student-athletes (This varies from school to school)

NCAA Division III

• 0 athletic scholarships available
  
• Many Division III schools do a very good job of finding the players academic and other aid funding

Ivy League & Patriot League

• The schools in the NCAA Division I “Ivy League and Patriot League” conferences do not offer athletic scholarship aid.
  
• Some schools in these conferences have programs available to offer “need based” aid to student-athletes
  
• Exceptional academically student-athletes may qualify for academic scholarship assistance

NAIA

• 12 full scholarships
  
• Scholarship monies can be divided up
  
• Full scholarships in baseball are very rare
  
• Some NAIA baseball programs do not have the full 12 scholarships funded
  Typically the “year in year out” NAIA baseball powers have the full 12 scholarships
• Several NAIA baseball programs also have “junior varsity” baseball programs
• Blending of athletic and academic scholarship monies is permissible for academically qualifying student-athletes (This varies from school to school)

NJCAA Division I

• 24 full scholarships (including the following):
  
• Tuition, room, board, books and fees
• Blending of athletic and academic scholarship monies is permissible for academically qualifying student-athletes (This varies from school to school)

NJCAA Division II

• 24 scholarships (including the following):
  
• Tuition and books
  
• No room, board or fees
• Blending of athletic and academic scholarship monies is permissible for academically qualifying student-athletes (This varies from school to school)

NJCAA Division III

• 0 athletic scholarships
  
• Typically junior and community colleges are very inexpensive so many DIII juco baseball programs are able to field very competitive programs

Notes About NJCAA Scholarships:

• Many NJCAA scholarships ARE full scholarships – this is completely opposite to NCAA baseball program “norms.”
  
• The amount of fully funded scholarships varies widely from school to school and conference to conference
  
• Some NJCAA conferences / regions compete at DI or DII levels but per agreement among the conference schools do not offer scholarships or have reduced amounts of numbers of scholarships
  
• Scholarships and amounts offered can vary from conference/region to conference/region – per agreements made by the member teams

COA – California Community Colleges

• 0 athletic scholarships
  
• Directly from the COA Offices: "The California community colleges' athletic programs are not permitted to subsidize the athlete in any way. The student athlete may apply for financial aid through the appropriate channels just as any other student. Scholarships or grants can not be awarded on the basis of athletic skill and participation."
  
• Academic scholarship aid may be available for qualifying student-athletes – This will vary from school to school

   

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