ICAC Athletic Scholarships and College Recruiting blog

College Gymnastics is a great option for gymnasts who want to study but still keep competing in a high level. College Gymnastics has a great tradition of being a great place for gymnasts to enjoy their sport while still giving the student gymnasts room to focus on studies.

There is around 6 gymnastics scholarships in a Men’s Gymnastics team and around 12 gymnastic scholarships in the Women’s gymnastics team.  To be able to get recruited as a gymnast with a scholarship, the athlete needs to be at a high national level within his or hers country.

ICAC recommend gymnasts who like to study in the U.S. with a gymnastics scholarship to apply so that they enter their first school year in the fall semester (August). This is to be better prepared both athletically and academically. So make sure you contact your potential universities far ahead.

Click on the link and register with ICAC if you want to know more of how ICAC can help you obtain a Gymnastics Scholarship.

Gymnastics National Championship

WOMEN:
NCAA I+II: May
NAIA: May

MEN:
NCAA I+II: May
NAIA: May

Resources:

NCAA Men’s Gymnastics

NCAA Women’s Gymnastics

Did you know that you can receive a scholarship for skiing at an American university? Everything from cross country skiing to slalom skiing is offered at a high level in NCAA. This is a great way to obtain an education while still skiing at a high level. You will also receive a high and quality education with support of a scholarship!

A Men’s university skiing team has around 6 skiing scholarships while the girl’s teams have around 7 skiing scholarships. A university skiing team has around 14 skiers in the team; the coach of the team is responsible of dividing the scholarships within the team.
There are very few Colleges that have skiing in their athletic department, these schools are often located in the northern part of the United States. The competition is not very broad because of the limited amount of universities that participate in skiing competitions compared to other college sports but it is very intensive.

To get recruited in skiing, you need a solid background within the sport and have some good times recorded in competition. The athletic video is not that important in skiing, it’s the recorded times that are essential if you want to be recruited with a skiing scholarship. It helps if your countries have a good tradition in skiing as a sport.

Skiing National Championship

NCAA Finals: March

Resources:
NCAA Skiing

There are many sports in college athletics that athletes from other countries know exists but there are some sports which existence remains unknown for the wider international knowledge.

Some of these sports are College Bowling, College Rifle and College Fencing. These sports give you opportunities to study with an athletic scholarship in the U.S.

For example, Rifle teams have around 3, 5 scholarships in a university while Fencing have around 5. Our point is you don’t have to play the traditional big sports to play college sports.

We will continue tomorrow to go over college skiing and skiing scholarships.

To get more information on what college programs sport scholarships have, check out our information on sport scholarships USA.

The biggest sport in USA and college athletics is College Football, everything else is secondary to that. American Football have the same stature soccer has in the rest of the world; it is without any doubt the king of all sports in USA. So what are the possibilities for an international athlete to play American football at a university level? Well, they are very tough. Basketball and American Football remains to be the hardest sports for international athletes to get recruited to. While basketball is starting to open up to international recruits, American Football still have a very few athletes with a international background.

Our recommendation to International Football players is to be early in contacting coaches and universities, let them know that you are interested in joining their program. And when you present yourself make sure you present yourself as a person who will make an impact in the program and not just somebody who will participate.

Of course it is important to have the athletic skills to offer the University so make sure you target a school where you will receive playing time and where you will be able to cope with level of play.  Focus on a good recruiting video where it shows highlights of your achievement on the field.

Click on the link and register with us if you want to know more of how ICAC can help you obtain a Football scholarship.

Football National Championship

MEN:
NCAA I+II: November / December
NAIA: November

Resources:

NCAA Men’s Football

NAIA Men’s Football

NJCAA Men’s Football

Playing volleyball and studying with a volleyball scholarship is a great way to get a higher education while still playing your sport. Volleyball is a really popular sport within college athletics. It is one of the sports that get the highest spectators due that almost every university plays within the campus.  The men’s teams usually have around 4.5 volleyball scholarships while the women have around 12 volleyball scholarships to share within the team.

The key to get recruited with a volleyball scholarship is to have a good presentation video. What the coaches want to see is you playing in a match surrounding. Make sure you send ICAC a raw recorded video, meaning no music or cutting and other distractions from your game. Without this video it is hard for a coach to estimate your level and  to give you an offer for a scholarship.

The practice at college volleyball teams differs from university to university but what is a common factor is that the volleyball teams play a lot of matches during an intensive period.

Click on the link and register with us if you want to know more of how ICAC can help you obtain a Volleyball scholarship.

Volleyball National Championships
WOMEN:
NAIA: December
NCAA I: December
NCAA II: November / December

MEN:
NCAA I+II: May

Resources:

NCAA Men’s Volleyball

NCAA Women’s Volleyball

NAIA Women’s Volleyball

Water Polo also include in college athletics even tough not many universities have Water Polo teams. The NCAA is the only college athletic division that offers Water Polo scholarships and competition.

The universities are allowed to offer 4.5 scholarships for the men’s teams and 8 for the women. These scholarships are distributed within the team.

For you be recruited it is important that you have a good presentation video with match footage, unless you have merits from your countries junior national team.

The college national championship for water polo takes place during December month. This means that Water Polo is one of the few sports where you can get recruited in the fall and spring semester.

To get recruited in the spring actually gives you more team to get adjusted and prepared for the upcoming championship. ICAC however still recommends students to aim for the fall semester, this is due academic reasons.

Click on the link and register with us if you want to know more of how ICAC can help you obtain a Water Polo scholarship.

Resources:

NCAA Men’s Water Polo

NCAA Women’s Water Polo

Hockey is a sport where the popularity and the quality have improved tremendously in college athletics these past years. The universities have around 18 hockey scholarships for their hockey team.  Hockey requires a larger squad then most other sports so in a college hockey team you have to prove that you deserve your scholarship or others who don’t have scholarships but are performing better will be rewarded with it. To play college hockey in America is a great option for international hockey players.

To be recruited with a hockey scholarship, it is important to have a good video. You want to mix it up with maybe 3 minutes practice footage and 7 minutes match footage. Other countries with strong hockey tradition will have a easier time to get recruited than players from countries where hockey is not a big sport.

International Hockey players want to attend their university in the fall semester (august).  It is almost impossible to get recruited in January as a hockey player.

Click on the link and register with us if you want to know more of how ICAC can help you obtain a hockey scholarship.

Ice Hockey National Championships:

WOMEN:
NCAA I+II (together): March

MEN:
NCAA I+II: March

Resources:

NCAA Men’s Hockey

NCAA Women’s Hockey

Cross country remain to be one of the traditional and popular sports in college athletics. There are many opportunities out the there for runners who wants to study with a cross country scholarship. To obtain a cross country scholarship for an international runner it is important to have good times recorded in competitive surroundings.

Coaches don’t look at your description of how good you run, they want statistics from a tournament. So if you want to get recruited with a cross country scholarship, you need to refer the college coach to a website where it shows the coach how you performed in a specific tournament.

Click on the link and register with us if you want to know more of how ICAC can help you obtain a Cross Country scholarship.

Cross Country National Championships

WOMEN:
NCAA I+II: November
NAIA: November

MEN:
NCAA I+II: November
NAIA: November

Resources:

NCAA Cross Country

NAIA Men’s Cross Country

NAIA Women’s Cross Country

Golf scholarships are a great opportunity for young golfers to continue playing golf in a high level while still going to school. For strong golf players the chances to receive a full golf scholarship are relatively good. It is really important to have a strong presentation video if you are looking for a golf scholarship. `

Very few universities have golf courses in their campus so college golf teams often practice on local courses that are in a close proximity to the campus. The practice varies from school to school but many golf players improve a lot playing college golf. The golf season begins in the spring term (January) and goes on trough the semester.

For a larger chance to obtain a golf scholarship, ICAC recommends students to apply and attend school for the fall semester (August). This is because many universities have already filled their team in spring and the golf scholarships available are limited. It’s also an advantage to have been with the team of your university from the beginning of the year. A college golf team have around 12 players.

Click on the link and register with us if you want to know more of how ICAC can help you obtain a Golf scholarship.

Golf National Championships

WOMEN:
NAIA: May
NCAA I/II: May

MEN:
NAIA: May
NCAA I/II: May

Resources:
NCAA Men’s Golf
NCAA Women’s Golf
NAIA Men’s Golf
NAIA Women’s Golf

The level of college basketball is very high in USA. After the NBA, the college basketball playoff could be the highest level of basketball in the world. To be able to play college basketball with an basketball scholarship you have to be one of the best basketball players of your age group in your country. Basketball is one of the toughest sports in college athletics and you must be willing to work hard and compete for your place in the team to earn your basketball scholarship.

While in many other sports the level is higher internationally, basketball is the sport where the level in USA is higher than any other countries. That’s why college coaches are not looking to recruit international basketball players as actively as they do in other sports. That makes it harder for international basketball players to get recruited with an athletic scholarship. Lately there has been an increase of international basketball players in college basketball, mostly thanks to the good success of the current international basketball players.

Click on the link and register with us if you want to know more of how ICAC can help you obtain a basketball scholarship.

The college basketball season begins in the middle of the fall term (august) and universities often only accept players to enter in august. However you often have to attend the summer pre season training.

Basketball National Championships

WOMEN:
NCAA I: March/April
NCAA II: March
NAIA I/ II: March

MEN:
NCAA I: March/April
NCAA II: March
NAIA I / II: March

Resources:

NCAA Men’s Basketball NCAA Women’s Basketball

NAIA Men’s Basketball NAIA Women’s Basketball