2008 Woodie Awards
No Scholarship? No problem
SDSU sports teams filled with non-scholarship athletes
Tim Knutson
Issue date: 9/20/05 Section: Sports
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How many of you competed in high school sports and have thought about giving it a shot here at SDSU? Well if that is the case, here are a few sports and how to go about it.
Two types of programs are involved in the athletic department at SDSU: full-scholarship and non-full scholarship. Full-scholarship teams are made up entirely of scholarship athletes and non-full scholarship teams have athletes without scholarships.
If you are talented at a certain sport, give it a shot, but you are more likely to get on a team if it is a non-full scholarship because less of the team is made of students who are getting money.
Two different types of non-scholarship athletes participate in sports here on campus. The first, and most common, are referred to as non-scholarship athletes, which means the athletes were recruited by the program before attending SDSU, but not offered scholarships. These athletes have been in contact with the program they are interested in participating in before they even show up to show what they can do.
The other and less common, are referred to as actual walk-ons, which means that they were not recruited before coming in contact with the particular sport they plan on competing in. In the case of a walk-on, the coaching staff does not have any prior knowledge of the athlete before trying out for the program.
Each program handles these athletes differently. Two extremely different ways of acquiring walk-on athletes exist. The first way is an individual tryout. Some steps need to be taken before this is an option for a hopeful athlete. An athlete first needs to contact one of the coaches involved in that program. After contacting a coach, the individual tryout will take place.
The second way is an open tryout. During an open tryout, anybody can try out without contacting a coach. In sports like baseball and softball, before the sport starts, a three-day tryout will take place for those athletes who think they have what it takes to make the team.
Two types of programs are involved in the athletic department at SDSU: full-scholarship and non-full scholarship. Full-scholarship teams are made up entirely of scholarship athletes and non-full scholarship teams have athletes without scholarships.
If you are talented at a certain sport, give it a shot, but you are more likely to get on a team if it is a non-full scholarship because less of the team is made of students who are getting money.
Two different types of non-scholarship athletes participate in sports here on campus. The first, and most common, are referred to as non-scholarship athletes, which means the athletes were recruited by the program before attending SDSU, but not offered scholarships. These athletes have been in contact with the program they are interested in participating in before they even show up to show what they can do.
The other and less common, are referred to as actual walk-ons, which means that they were not recruited before coming in contact with the particular sport they plan on competing in. In the case of a walk-on, the coaching staff does not have any prior knowledge of the athlete before trying out for the program.
Each program handles these athletes differently. Two extremely different ways of acquiring walk-on athletes exist. The first way is an individual tryout. Some steps need to be taken before this is an option for a hopeful athlete. An athlete first needs to contact one of the coaches involved in that program. After contacting a coach, the individual tryout will take place.
The second way is an open tryout. During an open tryout, anybody can try out without contacting a coach. In sports like baseball and softball, before the sport starts, a three-day tryout will take place for those athletes who think they have what it takes to make the team.