By Nancy Nitardy Scholarship Listings by Reference Service Press
Published by Kaplan Publishing
260 pages, paper. Published 2007
In addition to information on recruiting and the college application process (written by Nancy Nitardy, Division 1 coach/college recruiting expert), nearly one half of this book contains detailed scholarship descriptions--drawn from Reference Service Press's award-winning funding database--that are aimed at student athletes.
Who Should Use This Book?
Did you play or are you currently playing sports in high school or college? Are you looking for financial aid? Then, be sure to check out RSP's scholarship listings in Get Paid to Play. More than 375 financial aid opportunities are described in detail here. This represents more than $1 million in college scholarships!
These funding programs are open to high school and college students, range from $500 to full tuition and more, are open to students in any state, and cover practically any sport, from baseball, basketball, bowling, and cheerleading to equestrian activities, football, golf, soccer, and tennis. This funding can be used to support study in any subject area, in junior and community colleges, vocational and technical institutions, four-year colleges, and universities.
What Makes This Guide Unique?
There are many guides that give general information about applying for sports scholarships at a specific school. But, only Get Paid to Play provides a comprehensive list of "portable" athletic scholarship--ones that are not tied to a particular institution but can be used at any number of academic institutions.
Plus, much of this funding is not aimed just at the star athlete. If you've participated in sports, either formally or informally, you may be eligible for this funding.
And, here's another bonus: Get Paid to Play makes it easy to target funding opportunities. Scholarship entries provide all the details you'll need to decide if a program is right for you and where to get an application: eligibility requirements, money awarded, duration of the award, number of scholarships awarded, deadline date, and contact information (including web sites). You can browse these listings, which are grouped into "Any Sport" and "Specific Sports," or you can go straight to the index and search by:
name of the sport
residency requirements
where you want to go to school
organization sponsoring the scholarship
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What is the Relationship between Reference Service Press andKaplan? Over the years, RSP has partnered with Kaplan Publishing to produce first Kaplan Scholarships and now Get Paid to Play (the "only source for athletic scholarship listings"). Both of these books draw on Reference Service Press's unique financial aid database (which contains detailed and completely up-to-date information on more than 28,000 different funding opportunities). Currently, RSP also licenses segments of its database to academic institutions, libraries, nonprofit agencies, and commercial operations. Click here to learn more about Reference Service Press's licenses.
