4/4 softball rpi rankings

[Boomer]

I am going to have to research that.... I wonder if it is a scholarship that is from the University, but is based on firm criteria with no subjective selection, then it does not count, as it would be available to ANYONE that makes those numbers, as opposed to just giving away a scholarship with less than stellar grades.

---I have been giving off and on a s-ship to UL since about 1985---We still kind of have it in the foundation---can I give it to an athlete or can one be considered an agent of the university---BTW an athlete has never gotten it but it is based with the help of UL on financial aid, GPA, and ACT scores

[barchief]

also found this...

15.5.3.2.2 Exceptions.
15.5.3.2.2.1
Academic Honor Awards—Based on High School Record.
Academic honor awards that are part of an institution's normal arrangements for academic scholarships, based solely on the recipient's high school record and awarded independently of athletics interests and in amounts consistent with the pattern of all such awards made by institutions, are exempt from an institution's equivalency computation, provided the recipient was ranked in the upper 10 percent of the high school graduating class or achieved a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.500 (based on a maximum of 4.000) or a minimum ACT sum score of 105 or a minimum SAT score of 1200 (critical reading and math).

[barchief]

So... the Cliff's Notes version is this..

In all sports except football and basketball, if you receive ANY athletic scholarship money, any academic money you get counts, unless it is based on firm criteria that is available to all students to receive and "consistent with the pattern of all such awards made by institutions"

If you are a football or basketball player, and you have a full ride academically, you will count toward the headcount limit the minute you step on the field/court in a game... if, after a year at the university, they are full time and have a 3.0 GPA, they no longer count against the headcount. Same rules apply though...The scholarship has to be "awarded independently of athletics interests and in amounts consistent with the pattern of all such awards made by the institution"

[VObserver]

Those are rather recent rules changes. Probably brought about because of the inflexibility of the old ones.

[lcitsh]

Turbine, any chance you can move these scholarship posts to another thread since they have nothing to do with softball rankings? Thanks.