Some athletes receive full awards, some receive partial and many receive none. * Average Athletic Scholarship is the average amount of athletically related student aid per athlete for ALL varsity sports sponsored by the specific school. See our page on scholarship limits for more information. For example, an NCAA I Men’s team can award 9 players each a 1/2 equivalent scholarship and still meet the 4.5 limit. All other NCAA tennis programs are equivalency sports for scholarship purposes, so partial scholarships can be awarded to meet the limit per team. NCAA I women’s tennis is a headcount sport, so there is a limit of 8 players that can be under scholarship annually. See our page on the odds of playing a sport in college for more information.ġ,158 Schools sponsored varsity Tennis teams during 2019-20: The odds of a US player competing at the NCAA III level are over 3 times better primarily due to a much higher percentage of US players represented on D3 rosters.
* Tennis has the highest percentage of foreign student athletes competing than any other NCAA sport and as a result the odds of a US player making a D1 roster are the steepest – by far – of all NCAA sports. % of International Players - NCAA III teams % of International Players - NCAA II teams % of International Players - NCAA I teams Odds of a US HS Tennis Player making an NCAA I Roster * Odds of a US HS Tennis Player making any College Roster % of US HS Tennis Players Competing at NCAA I Schools % of US HS Tennis Players competing at any College Level Number of College Tennis Players (see table below) Number of US High School Tennis Players 2019-20