NCAA College Wrestling Scouting & Recruiting Scholarship Information
Our athletic recruiting and scouting service can help you when applying for a wrestling scholarship. It doesn’t matter how good you are, you might be the best wrestler at your school, but if you want to be scouted-recruited and be in line for college wrestling scholarships you need to tell the coaches who you are and why you deserve to be recruited. COLLEGE COACHES AND SCOUTS CANNOT EVALUATE YOUR POTENTIAL IF THEY DON’T KNOW HOW GOOD YOU ARE.
Not all athletic scholarships are full ride like football and basketball, so called “head count sports”; most are classed as “equivalency sports”, like college wrestling. Put simply this means that coaches can “share” their wrestling recruiting allocation between a larger number of wrestlers.
This is good news for the athletes. In division I a coach can divide “9.9″ scholarships between a larger number of Wrestlers; Say 25 partial instead of 9 full ride scholarships. If you are good enough of course then a full ride scholarship is always on the cards.
There are 85 division I and 39 division II colleges that offer financial aid to wrestlers.
That’s a total of 1,193.4 wrestling scholarships available in the NCAA.
The Midwest dominates collegiate wrestling, with schools such as Iowa, Oklahoma State, Penn State, and Nebraska almost always claiming the top positions in collegiate rankings. Wrestling is a sport taught from an early age and supported by entire communities. Midwestern schools maintain strong programs because they can recruit from the best high school programs located in their own states.
College wrestling scouting is very competitive, college wrestling scouts and coaches are looking for wrestlers with all-round talent. We would suggest that you attend a college wrestling camp, it’s a great way to get noticed and boost your recruiting opportunities as well as your chances of being scouted by wrestling recruiters.
Many wrestlers are overlooked each year because they didn’t submit their athletic resume to the “right” colleges or left out vital information. It’s also a fact that many colleges simply don’t allocate all of their recruiting funds because “suitable” athletes didn’t approach them.
The NCAA allows each division I wrestling program 9.9 scholarships and in division II, 9 scholarships are available.
As a high school wrestler you should be aware that the standard at college level is very high. I would recommend that you attend a few bouts to gauge the actual intensity at this level. Remember that only the absolute top wrestlers will be approached with offers.
Most wrestlers will have to market themselves. You can try to do this yourself or use our recruiting and scouting service.
IMPORTANT: You are not breaching any NCAA rules by using our athletic scouting and recruiting service.
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