Soccer Scholarships

notthatgood4
Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:36:52 +0000

Absolutely that’s a possibility. In fact many people “walk-on” to teams, meaning they do not receive any athletic scholarship.

If you do go to a UCSB or wherever, sometimes the team will have an open tryout for any students who are interested in playing for the team. If you do have a set college or two in mind, then I would advise sending an e-mail to the coach or the athletic department stating your intention to play soccer. If you had a videotape of one of your matches or something, I’m sure they would take a look to decide whether they believe you are worth scholarship consideration.

And something that pafather alluded to is that often players walk-on their freshman year and earn athletic scholarships as incentive for good performance. So say you go to College X on a half academic scholarship your freshman year and then perform extremely well on the team. Then you will likely be rewarded an additional half athletic scholarship to cover your full costs.

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. Glad I can help you. Best of luck in whatever route you choose.