Basic skill measurables for college recruiting.

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Don't know how valid this is, but found it interesting.

Softball Athletic Skill Measurable

[h=1]Softball Athletic Skill Measurable[/h]November 13, 2010/Andy Pohl[h=2]Student athletes need to meet particular skill levels to qualify to play. Our list of softball athletic skill measurables provides a baseline of the measurables D-I, D-II, D-III and NAIA coaches look for.[/h]Division I Softball:
Similar to baseball, the typical DI softball players are ‘polished’ and possess the necessary tools to be successful as freshman. Most DI players come from large high schools or play on elite club teams. Many of these high school and club programs are considered the best in their area or in the state. In addition, most DI players have been awarded accolades such as All Area, All County, or All State.

• Pitchers: 60 – 63 + MPH; command of at least 3 pitches; sub 1.00 ERA
• Catchers: 1.8 Pop Time or below, superior leadership ability
• Middle Infielders: 3.0 or less Home to 1st
• Corner Infielders: 3.0 or less Home to 1st, tremendous power potential
• Centerfielders: 2.8 or less Home to 1st
• Corner Outfielders: 2.9 or less Home to 1st, tremendous power potential

Division II Softball:

• Pitchers: 58+ MPH; command of at least 3 pitches; sub 1.70 ERA
• Catchers: 1.9 Pop Time or below, superior leadership ability
• Middle Infielders: 3.0 or less Home to 1st
• Corner Infielders: 3.0 or less Home to 1st, tremendous power potential
• Centerfielders: 2.9 or less Home to 1st
• Corner Outfielders: 3.0 or less Home to 1st, tremendous power potential

Division III and NAIA Softball:
Similar to baseball, the discrepancies in characteristics can be somewhat severe when it comes to schools competing at the DIII and NAIA level. Be sure to fully research each individual program to get a better idea as to what type of player they are looking for. With that being said, pitchers, catchers, and position players interested in competing at the DIII and/or NAIA level should strive to meet the following measurables.

• Pitchers: 55+ MPH
• Catchers: 2.0 Pop Time or below
• Position Players: 3.0 or less Home to 1st

# of Schools offering Softball	# of Athletic Scholarship Opportunities (per school)
NCAA Division I	289		12
NCAA Division II	268		7.2
NCAA Division III*	411		*
NAIA	210		10
Junior College	361		24 (varies per school)
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Total:	1,539

*Division III schools offer and provide merit, academic, and need based scholarships.

Tom VanKirk
Outlaws Silver 12u
Assistant coach

 

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Tom,
if I read this correctly, its says # of athletic scholarships per school... not sure if this chart specific for softball or all college sports combined? but by doing the math I come up with approx. 16,572.6 scholarships (I added the NCAA div 3 at 411 scholarships) which sounds better than 1,539. but not sure if this ALL sports or only softball ?? any idea?

 

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Tom,
if I read this correctly, its says # of athletic scholarships per school... not sure if this chart specific for softball or all college sports combined? but by doing the math I come up with approx. 16,572.6 scholarships (I added the NCAA div 3 at 411 scholarships) which sounds better than 1,539. but not sure if this ALL sports or only softball ?? any idea?

The website I found said these were for softball only per school.

 

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The other thing is that many Div. II schools and some Div. I schools are not fully funded, so the total of scholarships is actually much lower than multiplying times 12 or 7.2.

 

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Many DI schools also get creative. You can split those scholarships up. For example, you might 2-3 players sharing the money for one of the scholarships.

 

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Dan Maz ... I see how you did your calculations, but my guess is the number of athletic scholarships (full equivalents) is closer to half that much due to ...

1) Many schools not fully funded as per JoeA's note ... especially in D2, NAIA and Jr College (also see #3 below)
2) You can't add any for D3 because there are no athletic scholarships
3) Over 1/2 of your total came from Junior College ... I know the junior colleges around here don't have anywhere near 24 players on their rosters.

Given the splitting of scholarships Witt mentions above, it would be interesting to know the number of full athletic rides from D1, D2 and NAIA (4 year) schools ... 767 total schools ... maybe 1000-2000??