Navarro High School
Where all students are honored.
Where all students are honored.
P.O. Drawer 10
Geronimo, TX 78115
(830) 372-1931
Fax: (830) 379-3135
Geronimo, TX 78115
(830) 372-1931
Fax: (830) 379-3135
Applying for athletic Scholarships has become an important area of college preparation because these scholarships are a way of earing tuition in return for your competitive abilities. Whether your male of female, and whatever sport your interested in, there may be a scholarships available for you. It is important for you to be aware of the courses and classes that are required to achieve a scholarships. At the beginning of your junior year, you probably want to ask a guidance counselor to help you make sure you take the required number and mix of academic courses and to inform you of the SAT and ACT score minimums that must be met to play collage sports. These courses include academic requirements. Here are a few things that you need to do before you begin searching...
Ask Yourself...
- You must ask yourself if you have what it takes to play collage sports. In general, it requires the basic skills and natural ability, a solid knowledge of the sport, overall body strength, speed. If you are sure that you want to pursue your collage career as an athlete, then you should begin to look further into what you need and the appropriate actions you should take.
- Have a solid game plan. It is important that the collage your are considering meets your requirements and your idea of the kind of collage you would like to attend. Plan what you are looking for, and consider everything when looking at a collage. Make sure that it is what you want. Is the collage too far from home...or too close to home? Is it the kind of school you are interested in... is it too big; too small? And will you like the courses they have to offer. Ask yourself these questions to help you chose.
Types of Scholarships
Collages and universities offer two different basic types of athletic scholarships: the institutional grant, which is an agreement between the athlete and the collage, and the conference grant, which also binds the collage to the athlete. The difference is that the athlete who signs an institutional grant that can change his or her mind to sign with another team. The athlete who signs a conference contract cannot renegotiate another contract with a school that honors conference grants. You aglow have some choices in choosing what kind of scholarship you want. Here are a few of your options.
- Full four-year-This scholarship pays for room, board, tuition, and books. This is a popular kind of scholarship, but because of the high cost of awarding a scholarship, it is being discouraged by conferences around the country.
- Full one-year renewable contract-This type of scholarship basically replaces the four-year grant. It is automatically renewed at the end of each year for four years.
- One-Year trial grant-This is a verbal agreement between you and the institution that at the end of the year your renewal will be dependant upon your academic and athletic performance.
- Partial scholarship-The partial grant is any part of the total scholarship. You may be offered room and board but nit tuition or books. The possibility exists for you to negotiate to a full scholarship after your freshman year.
- Waiving out-of-state fees- This award is for out-of-state students to attend the collage or university at the same fee as an in-state student.
Still need help? Here are some helpful sites about athletic scholarships, and choosing the right one for you...
Welcome Spotlighter
All About Athletic Scholarships
The Scholarship Page: Barnes and Noble
Guide to Athletic Scholarship
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Last updated on 12/10/01