County Basketball League Champions

Congratulations to Rachel for her team winning 1st place in the local county basketball league. This was Rachel's first year playing the sport and she accomplished this goal along with her teammates while maintaining an "A" average in academics.

Basketball Scholarships

The most common question athletes and their parents ask is, "how do I get a basketball scholarship?" or "how do I get recruited for college basketball?". In short, exposure to college basketball coaches is the answer. College basketball recruiting can start as early as freshman year in high school. Well-funded and highly competitive Division I and II programs start building prospect lists early in an athlete's high school career (some are beginning to prospect at the 8th grade level). It's never too early to start gaining exposure to college basketball coaches.

As you can see from the chart below, there are tremendous basketball scholarship opportunities that exist at the college level. Make note of all the opportunities that exist outside of Division I! Just because you may not be Division I basketball talent doesn't mean you can't play college basketball and earn athletic scholarship money towards your education.

	# of Schools offering Basketball		# of Athletic Scholarship Opportunities (per school)
	Men	Women	Men	Women
NCAA Division I	346	344	13	15
NCAA Division II	289	290	10	10
NCAA Division III*	416	439	*	*
NAIA DI	112	111	11	11
NAIA DII	148	148	6	6
Junior College	434	397	15	15
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Total:	1,745	1,729