I was talking to a friend of mine who went to a private school with a football scholarship and he told me that they had players even in their late 20s and early 30s.I was wondering, how getting a swimming scholarship works as far as age.Obviously you have to be good to ba looked at in the first place, but then what if you are good but "old", like 25 and after.Not that I am looking for one(I couldbn't with my level of swimminf anyways) but I am just really curious ...And then how "bad" a swimmer can you be and still get a scholarship ... again, just curious :-)
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Look at schools that have mostly Morman students. Many of their athelets begin after they have done their missionary work. BYU has the oldest average age football team in the country usually. Also, look at St. Francis in Ill & its volleyball team a few years ago when it won the NCAA's. They had some Brazilians who were like 25 yrs old.
I don't understand why swimming is so strict. It really is a doble standard.
Also, if a Division III school wants some one bad enough, they have so many scholarships for other reasons. Check the small schools through out Illinois & the midwest. See if any of them have any interest. I went to Knox. It has a very small team but it is a great, small college with lots of schoralships. It has so many different special interst scholarships. It is very expensive but, like many small Liberal Arts schools, most students get some type of scholarship for something.
Look at schools that have mostly Morman students. Many of their athelets begin after they have done their missionary work. BYU has the oldest average age football team in the country usually. Also, look at St. Francis in Ill & its volleyball team a few years ago when it won the NCAA's. They had some Brazilians who were like 25 yrs old.
I don't understand why swimming is so strict. It really is a doble standard.
Also, if a Division III school wants some one bad enough, they have so many scholarships for other reasons. Check the small schools through out Illinois & the midwest. See if any of them have any interest. I went to Knox. It has a very small team but it is a great, small college with lots of schoralships. It has so many different special interst scholarships. It is very expensive but, like many small Liberal Arts schools, most students get some type of scholarship for something.
