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We are coming to the end of another school year.
Hopefully, our National Scouting Report recruiting seminars and blogs have taught you a thing or two about college recruiting in the past year.
Before you depart for the summer, NSR would like to test your recruiting knowledge. Below are 20 true-false questions that may make you think twice:
(Answers appear at the bottom.)
QUESTIONS:
1. True or False: About 6 percent of high school seniors will play college sports.
2. True or False: About 2 percent of high school seniors will receive full or partial athletic scholarships.
3. True or False: About 2 percent of high school athletes will play in Division I.
4. True of False: Football awards the highest average percentage of full scholarship money among men’s college sports.
5. True or False: Basketball awards the highest average percentage of full scholarship money among women’s college sports.
6. True or False: Wrestling has the lowest percentage of high school boys competing in college.
7. True or False: Track and field has the lowest percentage of high school girls competing in college.
8. True or False: Athletes can receive verbal offers from college coaches and make verbal commitments at any age.
9. True or False: Most college coaches make more verbal offers than they have available scholarships.
10. True or False: High school athletes can’t sign National Letters of Intent until their senior year.
11. True or False: All high school athletes who want to play college sports must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center.
12. True or False: Only two NCAA divisions — Divisions I and II — offer athletic scholarships.
13. True or False: Athletic scholarships are guaranteed for four years.
14. True or False: Division III has the most member schools in the NCAA.
15. True or False: NCAA Division I and II coaches are not permitted to initiate contact with athletes by email or telephone until their sophomore year.
16. True or False: Athletes can initiate contact with college coaches by email or telephone at any time.
17. True or False: High school athletes must complete at least 12 core courses to be eligible to compete in college athletics.
18. True or False: High school athletes can visit colleges at any time if they pay their own way.
19. True or False: High school athletes can take the SAT and ACT an unlimited number of times with only the highest scores counting toward NCAA eligibility.
20. True or False: High school athletes can receive athletic or academic scholarships, but not both.
ANSWERS:
1. True; 2. True; 3. True; 4. False (ice hockey); 5. False (ice hockey and gymnastics); 6. True; 7. True; 8. True; 9. True; 10. True; 11. False (athletes who want to play NCAA Division I or II sports); 12. True; 13. True and False (NCAA Division I schools can offer 4-year guaranteed scholarships; Division II schools only can offer yearly scholarships); 13. True; 14. True; 15. False (after their sophomore year); 16. True; 17. False (16); 18. True; 19. True; 20. False (both).
National Scouting Report is dedicated to finding scholarship opportunities for athletes who possess the talent, desire, and motivation to compete at the collegiate level. We’ve helped connect thousands of athletes with their perfect college.