College Softball & Scholarship Opportunities

1,655 schools sponsored varsity level Softball teams during 2013:

						Athletic Scholarships
	Number		Participants *			limit per school **			Average team size
Division	of Schools		Men	Women		Men	Women		Men's	Women's
NCAA  I	292		-	5,933		-	12		-	20
NCAA  II	279		-	5,440		-	7.2		-	19
NCAA  III	399		-	7,047		-	-		-	18
NAIA	192		-	3,809		-	10		-	20
NJCAA	354		-	5,835		-	24		-	16
Other Divisions	140		-	2,111		-	-		-	15
Totals	1,656		-	30,175					-	18

*  Statistics report student athlete participation at the collegiate varsity level (including JV and freshman teams)  and do not reflect  school club and intramural sports teams. Athletic scholarships are not awarded for participation in either club or intramural sports.

Number of college athletic scholarships available for College Softball:
			Athletic Scholarships						Average Athletically based
	Scholarship		limit per team			Number of teams			Student aid per athlete ***
Division	Type **		Men	Women		Men's	Women's		Men	Women
NCAA  I	Equivalency		-	12		-	292		$               13,821	$        14,660
NCAA  II	Equivalency		-	7.2		-	279		$                 5,362	$           6,599
NCAA  III	none		-	-		-	399		$                        -	$                  -
NAIA	Equivalency		-	10		-	192		$                 6,431	$           6,791
NJCAA	head-count		-	24		-	354		$                 1,960	$           2,698
Other Divisions	varies		-	n/a		-	140		$                     342	$              474
Totals						-	1,656		$                 5,266	$           6,382

**  Softball is an equivalency sport for NCAA scholarship purposes, so partial scholarships can  be awarded to meet the limit per school.  For example, an NCAA Division I school can award 24 softball players each a 1/2 scholarship and still meet the  limit of 12 per school.  Additionally, these are the annual limits for the entire team;  so for a 4 year school  only about  25% of the limit per school  will  typically be  available for  incoming students. *** Athletically based student aid is the average per participating student athlete for all varsity sports sponsored by the specific school. Some athletes receive full awards, some receive partial and many receive none. Additionally some sports within a school may be fully funded, some partially and some sports provide no athletically based student aid. Private schools generally have higher tuition than public schools and the average award will reflect this. These averages are strictly for athletically related student aid and do not include academically based and other financial assistance that all students - including athletes - may qualify for. NCAA & NJCAA Division III schools  do not award athletic scholarships, but provide other financial assistance that student athletes may qualify for.

Chances of a high school athlete competing in College Softball *						Men	Women
Number of High School Softball Players						2,048	381,116
Number of College Softball Players						-	30,175
% of high school players competing in college						-	7.8%
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