College Sports Scholarships Awarded In 34 Sports From Archery To Ice Hockey, Cross Country To Squash, Basketball To Volleyball

 Rowing                      Water Polo
If you have athletic ability and good grades you are aField Hockey               
candidate for a sports scholarship. You might beRugby                        Wrestling
surprised to know that there are 34 sports played at Â  Skiing, x country         
the college level that are scholarship sports. YouWhat is interesting is that many young people grow
probably can't list them all!up thinking that college sports are about basketball or
Each of these 34 sports have scholarship possibilities,baseball or football. They see these sports on
but not all colleges offer or award scholarships innational television and or read about them in
every sport. The institutions themselves decide whichnewspapers or on sports websites. The truth is there
sports to sponsor. Additionally, while many collegeare so many other sports they can play. Some
sports programs offer teams for both genders, othersavvy young athletes look at the list and decide to
sports are only available for men or women. Gettingchange sports to one they might excel in at the
confused? Well, here's the list:college level.
Archery                       An example is a high school runner. She was above
Football                    Skiing,average in her school and in the league. But, she
downhill  became interested in pole-vaulting when it was still
 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Squashfairly new for high school females. She was recruited
Baseball                      by several college coaches for her pole-vaulting skills,
Gymnastics               Soccer   not her running. She went to a great college on a
Basketball                   track scholarship in pole-vaulting.
Handball                    SoftballAnother young high school athlete was a skilled
Bowling                        Icesoccer player. She was highly rated but not one of
Hockey                Swimmingthe top 3 or 4 in her area. She switched to rowing in
Cheerleading                Indoorher junior year and excelled. She also received a
Track               Synchonized Swimmingscholarship... not in her earlier sport...but in rowing.
Cross Country              Being realistic is beneficial when thinking about playing
Lacrosse                   Tennisa college sport. If a student-athlete experiences
Diving                          several sports along the way, including ones that
Riflery                       Trackdon't get much attention in the press, but are college
& Fieldsports, nonetheless, he or she might find that
Equestrian                   fencing or riflery or rowing is a better fit than the
Rodeo                        Volleyballmedia favorites...and they might pay scholarship
Fencing                       dollars, too.