I've been told that Vandy and Rice both
by TWO (2018-05-31 17:16:31)
Edited on 2018-05-31 17:23:58

In reply to: At this point, aren't we the equivalent of BC football?  posted by ndzippy

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utilize a lot of needs based scholarships for baseball players to up the portion of tuition that is covered.

Do we take advantage of that in baseball?

Even at a place like Texas with a terrific history in baseball, there is a feeling that they are at a disadvantage vs some state schools.

from a Texas board.

Also take a look at the link for a good article on how to stretch scholarship dollars in baseball.

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At a school like Texas, the roster is made up of 35 players of those, 27 are on a scholarship(at least .25 of a scholarship), the other 8, are preferred walk ons. That means those are 8 are paying the full tuition, room and board just to play baseball at the University of Texas.

This is where school like Texas are hampered(Might not be the best term to use here) when it comes to recruiting in College Baseball, compared to other D1 Schools.

Take a look at Public Universities from Louisiana and Georgia, Maybe Florida(I need to double check). But places like Georgia and LSU, if you graduate high school from those states, then you get assistance when you attend those Universities.

So, places like LSU and Georgia could easily have 15-18 Scholarships to give out to their players, 11.7(Baseball Scholarship) plus what their state gives out.

Then you have places like Vanderbilt who could have 20+ on scholarship, 11.7 plus need base. That is why you will see Vanderbilt with a large recruiting class every year.

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Also from another board on how state scholarships help the baseball programs.

In South Carolina we have the education lottery. If you are a good but not even a great student you can qualify for the life scholarship and if a better student the Palmetto scholarship. If they graduate with a 3.0 with legit courses and get 1100 SAT score or 24 ACT, they get $5,000 going up to $7,500 jr and sr. yr. Palmetto scholarship is $10,000 with a 3.5 GPA and 27 ACT or 1200 SAT. Many of the good hs baseball players are decent students and can go to these schools with a good aid package outside of athletic scholarship and save scholarship money for lesser students and out of state. thus we have 4 top 25 programs: USC, Clemson, College of Charleston, and Coastal Carolina living off a very good high school baseball base within the state.




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