Scholarships???

[rbw]

Since the scholarship requirements at California schools seem to strongly favor state residents, Gymbabi might be interested to learn that several local programs listed Level 9 gymnasts on their rosters last season: I think these included Fullerton, Sacramento, San Jose, and UC Davis.

[I-Heart-Beam]

Can you get international scholorships?

[LemonLime]

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Originally Posted by rbw I was interested to learn that it's feasible for a Level 9 gymnast to earn a scholarship. It doesn't seem particularly common, though: of the 278 new NCAA gymnasts listed at collegegymfans, only 10 had not reached Level 10 or elite. Two went to Air Force, which has rather special recruiting requirements. One ended up at Berkeley; she had been, I think, a four-year Level 9 and a state, regional, and Western National champion. Centenary, Kent State, Rutgers, Seattle Pacific (Division II), Southeast Missouri, and Towson (2) also added Level 9 gymnasts to their rosters this year.

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing.

UCLA has a L9 walk-on that starts next fall.

[Tusk]

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Originally Posted by rbw I was interested to learn that it's feasible for a Level 9 gymnast to earn a scholarship. It doesn't seem particularly common, though...

True enough, although one of the most accomplished college gymnasts of all time, Meridith Willard of Alabama, was a level-9 before college. Keep in mind that in college you are a STUDENT-athlete; if you are an outstanding student, like Meredith Willard who won both an NCAA All-around Championship and an NCAA Post-graduate Scholarship, you will be even of more interest to college recruiters.

[Pogo]

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Originally Posted by LemonLime As for "partial" scholarships, admittance, etc. . . . In D1 schools, there is no such thing as a partial scholarship under Title IX becuase women's gymnastics is in a protected category with two other women's sports. . . .

LemonLime, you put together such a thoughtful post, that I hate nit-picking, but this needs to be clarified. There are partial scholarships in Division I. Every Division I school is permitted to award a maximum of 12 gymnastics scholarships, to a maximum of 12 people. This doesn't mean that every Division I school awards 12 full scholarships. It can award partial scholarships, but is limited to the 12 athelete maximum. Sometimes the budget won't allow for 12 full scholarships.