The national Collegiate Athletic Association is the head of all Athletic Association in United States, which belongs to the college level sports community.

1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) – Athletic Scholarships
The national Collegiate Athletic Association is the head of all Athletic Association in United States, which
belongs to the college level sports community. This NCAA athletic association offers various athletic
scholarships based on the Division levels. There are three levels in the athlete community Division I,
Division II and Division III. Usually, the Division I and Division II scholarships covers entire college fee
with additional expenses and Division III scholarships doesn’t covers entire college fee instead it cover
around 50-60% of the college fee in addition to that you may have chance to get some financial helps as
grants. Note: Grants are given based on the performance.
In general, Division I and Division II sports are classified as two categories Headcount sports and
Equivalency Sports.
Headcount Sports:
Football, gymnastics, tennis, volleyball are considered as a headcount sports. It has fixed number of
scholarships which covers entire college expenses from tuition to boarding fees. In some colleges, the
entire scholarships are not given to the students; they may keep some amount for walk-ons.
Equivalency Sports:
Baseball, wrestling are considered as an equivalency sports which is moreover similar to headcount
sports. This Equivalency sports are also covers the entire fees from tuition to boarding but, this
equivalency sports scholarships are awarded by the colleges and they issue this scholarships as they
want i.e., They may give 50% of scholarship to one player and 25% to other player as they wish to
award.
There is a huge competition for Division I and Division II level scholarships; because nowadays the high
school athletes are also concentrating more on getting in to DI. They might aware that DI keeps free out
of college finance issues. Any how you need to put some efforts to place your name in any of the
Division I, II and III in college level sports in order to get the college scholarships.