Rowing Scholarship - Making it to the College Level

Are you interested in receiving a rowing scholarship? Ifyour college fees and even those nasty college loans
so, this article can help you get on the path of rowingthat you will have to pay back one day. A day that
at the college level and keep your dream of rowing atcomes all too soon.
the next level alive and well.College Opportunities
Rowing is a specialized sport which means you areThere are currently 84 division I and 15 Division II
competing with fewer athletes like you would be in acolleges that could offer you a rowing scholarship. The
sport like basketball. That's the good news. The badNCAA allows each of these colleges, Division I and
news is that far fewer college offer rowing as aDivision II, to have twenty scholarships.
competitive sport.As a rower trying to make it to the college level, you
A rowing scholarships is therefore harder to find, butneed to know that the level of competition is very high.
there is less competition (numbers wise) for the spotsCollege coaches will only select the most qualified
which are available.athletes to join their program. If you get the chance,
Partial Scholarshipsyou should get out and watch some college events to
Sports like like basketball and football are head countget a feel for the type of competition you would face
sports and therefore full scholarships are given toat the college level.
those who are selected. Most sports are like rowingSummary
and are considered equivalency sports which meansThe very best way to put yourself in a position to earn
coaches can split their allocation of scholarship dollarsa college rowing scholarship is to market and promote
between a larger number of athletes.yourself to college coaches. These coaches will be
Of course getting a full ride is an awesome deal, but aglad to hear from you if you have what it takes to
partial scholarship can go a long ways toward reducingcompete at the college level.