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Sounds like she is well prepared for the "Real" world.
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Yep - Mine's one of those 1% ath. schollies too, but I wouldn't call it luck - lots of hard work. She's in S. Carolina playing as we speak. Watching live on one of those internet live game trackers. Luvin' it!
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another wrench in all this is d-1 schools like Penn State an Northwestern softball is a non-scholarship sport sure there are other so that lowers the # also
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time will tell
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Heres the kicker most dont see when they discuss schollies from D1, E very single D1 or 2 we have spoken to may have a certain number of schollies that they have alloted, if they are fully funded, that dosent mean they have 7.5 or 12 waiting, most if not all weve spoken to have 1 or at the most 2 available for the 2011 class. so if only 8 D1,s have the schollies, that means even less than 1% are going to go to that level with athletic assistance, someone smarter than me can do the math, but you take into account kids that will come in from out of state and the rest it changes things......... easiest way to do this is look on spy softball or college softball forum and see how many NLI,s were signed by Ohio D1 schools, for some reason im thinking there not alot, I know of 6 kids i remember hearing about not alot more.
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Tim - The pitchers from out of state are the most probable of getting the lion's share - usually a full scholarship or even a full ride. Rarely is a team NOT looking for good pitching. As you say, I think it's rare to find ANY program that's "fully funded" - except for the really visible programs.
As for Ohio colleges signing Ohio kids, several of my DD's travel team mates went out of state to play. I think there were 3, including her, that signed in Ohio. So even though out of state kids are coming in, there are also many kids going out of state to sign. One had an obscure major she wanted to pursue which was only offered in a couple colleges in Ohio. That made it tough. I think that's why some folks question why certain kids sign where they do... "when they could have gone to OSU, Purdue, etc. to play ball" It's probably because they were staring at a fully funded scholarship at a school that had exactly their major, when the big visible school possibly did not. And the bonus was 4 more years of softball as their job. Beats working in a burger joint to pay for college!
As for Ohio colleges signing Ohio kids, several of my DD's travel team mates went out of state to play. I think there were 3, including her, that signed in Ohio. So even though out of state kids are coming in, there are also many kids going out of state to sign. One had an obscure major she wanted to pursue which was only offered in a couple colleges in Ohio. That made it tough. I think that's why some folks question why certain kids sign where they do... "when they could have gone to OSU, Purdue, etc. to play ball" It's probably because they were staring at a fully funded scholarship at a school that had exactly their major, when the big visible school possibly did not. And the bonus was 4 more years of softball as their job. Beats working in a burger joint to pay for college!
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Many, many good thoughts on this subject. However, I also want to remind the parents that even though D1 is extremely difficult to play, and also succeed in school at the same time, you all are (hopefully) raising extremely talented, dedicated young ladies. I played D1 football for a couple years, and then transferred and played D2 football and baseball for the last couple years. I was not anywhere near prepared for D1 my first couple years. I was more interested in certain other things.
However, after I learned how to manage my time, I achieved a 4.0 and played two sports my last couple years. I split academic, football, and baseball scholarships and it paid for my last couple years of college. You all are raising young adults that can achieve and perform at much higher levels than we did when we were their age. I could only wish my parents would have invested the time and money that we do in our children. Unfortunately, it just wasn't a known quantity back then.
However, after I learned how to manage my time, I achieved a 4.0 and played two sports my last couple years. I split academic, football, and baseball scholarships and it paid for my last couple years of college. You all are raising young adults that can achieve and perform at much higher levels than we did when we were their age. I could only wish my parents would have invested the time and money that we do in our children. Unfortunately, it just wasn't a known quantity back then.
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I agree about pitchers getting the lions share of money...... my dd is one of those statistics that screw things up ,she went D1 but out of State, money was better than any school in Ohio offerd, her degree in 4 not 5 years, History of job placement after graduation is fantastic, smaller student to teacher ratio, private school , she liked the campus, and the coach aggresivly went after her ( as much as legaly possible lol) and yes it beats Dad workin next to her in that burger joint to help pay for college.lol
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