How Many Scholarships Tennis College Coaches Can Offer to Their Players

How Many Scholarships Tennis College Coaches Can Offer to Their Players

If you're a tennis player on the lookout for a sports scholarship at a U.S. college, chances are you're wondering how high a scholarship you can actually receive. Today's Friday Scholarship Guide is about understanding the regulations in order to get you in shape for your upcoming bargaining sessions with college coaches.

Dominic Tinodi
2014-12-18
What Being Eligible Means for NCAA-D1 Schools - Friday's Scholarship Guide

What Being Eligible Means for NCAA-D1 Schools - Friday's Scholarship Guide

In order to be declared eligible by the NCAA Eligibility Center all athletes undergo a screening process on the basis of athletic and academic criteria. This week's Friday Scholarship Guide is about NCAA eligibility criteria for entering freshmen in Division 1 teams. We'll cover NCAA Division 2 and NAIA in separate blog articles at a later stage.

Dominic Tinodi
2014-12-25
ITA #5 Sebastian Stiefelmeyer: 5 Things I Love About College Tennis

ITA #5 Sebastian Stiefelmeyer: 5 Things I Love About College Tennis

We're extremely happy to have one of the currently best college tennis players give us his personal Top 5 reasons why he loves college tennis in today's Friday Scholarship Guide. You'll see that the team spirit and the mere fact of being part of a team in an individual sport like tennis have played a major role for Sebastian.

Dominic Tinodi
2015-02-26
College Dual Matches Part of the ATP & WTA Event in Indian Wells

College Dual Matches Part of the ATP & WTA Event in Indian Wells

As part of the BNP Paribas Open, 8 men's teams (NCAA D-I) convene on the final weekend of the event to play the 'Collegiate Challenge'. Ticket holders will be able to see some of the nation's best ranked tennis players including top 10 players #4 Julian Lenz, #7 Axel Alvarez Llamas, and #8 Yannick Hanfmann. The Collegiate Challenge offers an excellent platform for college tennis to gain wider popularity and is reason enough to dedicate this week's Friday Scholarship Guide to the action in Indian Wells.

Dominic Tinodi
2015-03-19
What's happening in college tennis

What's happening in college tennis

Two interesting headlines have appeared in the college tennis world recently, which we'd love to share with our readership! Firstly, there are excellent opportunities to watch first-class NCAA D-1 tennis either on national TV or online right now, from April 16 - April 26, 2015. And secondly, the Big 12 conference, featuring some of the strongest of all college athletes, changed its rules about fan behavior quite a bit. You should read on, as they create an atmosphere on the court, which you simply do not know from pro tennis matches.

Dominic Tinodi
2015-04-15
No-Ad Scoring Rules in College Tennis Here to Stay?

No-Ad Scoring Rules in College Tennis Here to Stay?

Will no-ad scoring be the future of collegiate tennis? There is a clear move in that direction, and this week's Friday Scholarship Guide will take a look at what coaches and players think about the scoring format, which had in fact been college tennis standard decades ago. Does no-ad scoring really offer the potential to shorten dual matches and make it more attractive to watch...?

Dominic Tinodi
2015-05-07
National Team, Singles & Doubles Championships 2015 in College Tennis

National Team, Singles & Doubles Championships 2015 in College Tennis

College tennis sees its final highlight of the 2014/2015 season these days. The final rounds of the team championship tournaments are being played as we speak in all divisions across the country: NCAA Division I-III, NAIA, and NJCAA are about to determine their team champions of the season before the singles and doubles tournaments will serve to do the same. Friday Scholarship Guide explains the different events, and recommends you to take a look at some live college action online.

Dominic Tinodi
2015-05-14
I never thought I was gonna be #1 in the nation!

I never thought I was gonna be #1 in the nation!

Sebastian Stiefelmeyer was one of 5 players who was at the top of the ITA NCAA-DI ranking during the 2014/2015 season. Since Sebastian's first appearance as #1 of the nation in January this year, he was consistently within the Top 8 of the ranking. His last appearance as a college player is the NCAA Tennis Singles Championship from May 20 to May 25, 2015. Read our extensive interview with him about his experience as a college tennis player, what he will remember the most, and why he recommends young fellow tennis players to get an education at college and play for a team.

Dominic Tinodi
2015-05-21
NCAA Division II or NAIA Tennis

NCAA Division II or NAIA Tennis

Everybody interested in college tennis knows about D-I tennis pretty well. But what about NCAA D-II tennis? And NAIA? Sure, there are athletic scholarships, but how strong are the divisions in reality? Time to find out once and forever whether the NCAA D-II or the NAIA is stronger, and how they stack up compared to the elite NCAA D-I.

Dominic Tinodi
2015-07-23
College Tennis Fall Invitationals in September

College Tennis Fall Invitationals in September

The college season 2015-16 has finally arrived and is already in full swing. How's that even possible with college tennis being a spring sport and the real season not to be kicked off until 2016? 'Fall Invitationals'; a large number of tournaments, which are being held these days across the country. Today's Friday Scholarship Guide will provide you with a visual overview of all the Invitationals college tennis has seen and continues to see in September.

Dominic Tinodi
2015-09-17
College Tennis Fall Invitationals in October

College Tennis Fall Invitationals in October

Mid-October and college tennis 2015-16 sees exciting action these days with Fall Invitationals getting players come together to engage in preparation tournaments. At the same time, Regional Championships in all college divisions are currently underway. Just like our first edition on the Fall Invitationals 4 weeks ago, our Friday Scholarship Guide today will provide you with a visual overview of all the events in October.

Dominic Tinodi
2015-10-15
Best Tennis Programs at USTA/ITA Regionals 2015

Best Tennis Programs at USTA/ITA Regionals 2015

The USTA/ITA Regionals 2015 are concluded. Some of the prospective student-athletes on Smarthlete have approached us and wanted to know a bit more about how it all works. How many ITA regions (and Regionals) are there within NCAA and NAIA? And what's the reward for those winning?

Dominic Tinodi
2015-10-29
5 Things You Need to Know Before Signing

5 Things You Need to Know Before Signing

It's the NLI early signing period right now. Make sure you understand what it's all about in this week's Friday Scholarship Guide. Around 43,000 students sign an NLI each year - if you are to be one of them, it might be a good idea to get a little wiser about it.

Dominic Tinodi
2015-11-10
ITA National Team Indoor 2016 - Elite Women's College Tennis

ITA National Team Indoor 2016 - Elite Women's College Tennis

The next 4 days will see a selection of the strongest players of women's college tennis when 16 teams meet in Wisconsin to crown the Indoor Team Champion of 2016. In today's Friday Scholarship Guide we are looking at the event itself and we are offering you our very personal interactive draw! Read on to find out more.

Dominic Tinodi
2016-02-04
ITA National Team Indoor 2016 - Elite Men's College Tennis

ITA National Team Indoor 2016 - Elite Men's College Tennis

The first highlight of the collegiate tennis year 2016 is set to begin on Friday: the ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championships. Defending champion Oklahoma, last year's runner-up USC, and NCAA champion Virginia all find themselves in the upper half of the draw. Top tennis with close matches is scheduled to happen...Today's Friday Scholarship Guide will offer our personal preview of the upcoming tournament.

Dominic Tinodi
2016-02-11

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