<p>My children are not involved in sports, but my niece is a 15 year old championship skiier (alpine and nordic) and I’m trying to advise my sister about how to find merit aid for sports kids. Or do you call it a sports scholarship? Does anyone have advice about how to start the process of finding schools where she might get good “skiing merit aid”? She also plays a fall sport where she excels at the school level and she is a good student.</p>
<p>Hi Chrism,</p>
<p>you are looking at 2 different things: merit money and athletic scholarships.</p>
<p>Merit aid is usually given based on academics. Your sister would be looking for schools that would recruit her daughter D1 and some D2 schools give athletic scholarships for her sport.</p>
<p>I would suggest posting your question on the parents forum as there are a number of student athlete parents. They can explain the whole recruitment process for you.</p>
<p>Ask for soozie, to chime in as I know her D is a skier.</p>
<p>hope this helps</p>
<p>hope this helps.</p>