I've been playing tennis all of my life and have always played at a very competitive level. When I was 16 I was ranked number 70 in the G18 division of Southern CA. I recieve some letters from colleges then.. Now I'm seventeen and currently live in Cancun, Mexico. Due to some problems with my father, he has stopped supporting me (and my sisters who also play) with our tennis and I haven't been able to play enough tournaments anywhere to have a ranking. I really hope to get a scholarship to college because I know that me and my sisters are good enough to play on any team. If we have NO RANKING, is it still possible to get a scholarship into a decent school? Can anyone give me any advice please?
2007-07-09 07:12:07 · 9 answers · asked by vanessa 1 in Sports ➔ Tennis
Build a tennis resume, do a DVD/tape hitting a variety of shots and go online to findout colleges you'd like to attend. Go to the college websites and see if they have a "Prospective Athlete's" form for you to fill out. The coaches will contact you, they may send another form for you to fill out. Then send them your resume and video/DVD. But, be sensible about the college you want to attend, check it for your academic requirements first. Make that the number 1 priority. Go to the NCAA, NAIA and the National Communmity College website and "discover" the number of scholarships each level D1,D2, etc have. Remember, if a D1 school has 4 schlarships to give, doesn't mean they have 4 to give (they may be filled). Community colleges and the NAIA colleges may be your best bet. Also, and especially with your "Resume" (ie.former ranking), a coach will love to find a hidden "GEM", and that may just be you. So, he'll work to find you academic "grants", scholarships etc.. Just make sure your academics are in order, they'll have to be good for him to justify it to the "financial" people. D111 schools are good for this. A coach may call and ask you to visit the school. Do it soon, academic money goes away early. Need to be set up by NLT March your senior year. Also, remember-you can call or contact a coach unlimited, the NCAA and other organizations will limit him calling you. And, NCAA schools cannot contact you until after July your Junior Year, can get verbal commitment early but cannot sign you until the stated signing day for the sport (usually Feb of senior year). Get smart, go to the NCAA web, NAIA web and any colleges' website (especially athletic page-fill out the Prospective Athlete form).
2007-07-11 06:12:34 · answer #1 · answered by Old Player 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to be on a tennis team either with your high school or a separate one that you pay to participate in. Scouts will eventually watch some of your games and a college may offer you a tennis scholarship, but only a few people are actually offered them.
2016-03-15 01:17:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The info on this site seemed to be good reading.
http://www.collegescholarships.org/athletic.htm
You should just try to find the schools you are interested in and see what their requirements are.
The biggest issue you have is that anyone starting this fall already has their scholarship.
You should look at the NCAA tennis listings of schools with programs here:
http://www2.ncaa.org/portal/sports/spring/tennis/womens/
It may be that Division II is your best bet if there are no Division I scholarships left.
2007-07-09 07:54:12 · answer #3 · answered by FM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if there is tennis advice here, but this looks to be a good new site for other scholarship information:
2007-07-11 16:01:55 · answer #4 · answered by collegebound 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is very tough for players who have junior rankings because of the dearth of scholarships for programs and the recruiting oftentimes is focused on the tennis academies, where players attend classes, practice the game at a world-class level and participate in the top junior tournaments.
And most programs do not hold open tryouts/tournament for walk-ons to possibly gain a spot on the team. Again, there just aren't that many slots open on collegiate teams.
I suggest - in lieu of playing in tournaments - is to contact coaches at universities you are interested in and see if they would be interested in seeing you hit in person when you visit the campus or if they would accept a DVD on you hitting the variety of shots.....or if your past ranking may be of interest, since the SoCal circuit is tough.
2007-07-09 07:24:09 · answer #5 · answered by Zombie Birdhouse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well ill take the risk with winning the biggy like Serena williams she was out of chape for a while then boom 6-1 6-2 60 min match against sharapova. That was where she gained her glory back. Or keep participating in little tournis your sure you can win to build your ranking and them go for the biggy.
2007-07-09 07:49:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its very doubtful you will get a scholarship for tennis.
2007-07-09 07:15:11 · answer #7 · answered by iversonfan3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dude, get serious, you wouldn't get a scholarship even if you were ranked in 70th one division,you need to be ranked at least in the region or state, that is horrible, looks like somebody is going to be flippin' burgers.
2007-07-09 12:59:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Go checkout www.Sportsworx.com. They can help with the whole process.
2007-07-09 07:27:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋