COUNTRY FIRE VOLLEYBALL RECRUITING HANDBOOK
Students who have completed their junior year of high school with an overall 3.00 GPA on a 4.00 scale OR
students who have completed the first half of senior year with an overall 2.5 GPA on a 4.00 scale, plus the
minimum test scores required (18 ACT or 860 SAT), may receive an eligibility decision prior to high school
graduation. To receive an early decision, register with the NAIA Eligibility Center, have your high school
send official transcripts to the Eligibility Center and contact ACT or SAT to have their test scores sent
directly (the NAIA code is 9876 with ACT and SAT).
2. Limited number of scholarships – As with the NCAA, teams is only allowed a certain number of NAIA
scholarships, for volleyball, that number is 8 (similar to NCAA Division II).
3. Full funding – Just because a team is allowed to have, say 8 scholarships, doesn’t mean that the
college necessarily has the money to fund them. That team may actually only have 6 scholarships.
4. What counts as an athletic scholarship – Any money you get from the school, including athletic grants
or scholarships, academic scholarships, leadership or performance awards, outside scholarships
administered by the institution, and tuition waivers are considered athletic scholarships.
5. What doesn’t count as an athletic scholarship – NAIA scholarships that aren’t considered athletic aid
are, scholarships “that are not funded, controlled, or allocated in any significant way by the institution.”
These include federal loans and Pell grants.
NWAACC (Community College):
Washington Community Colleges may fund tuition Grant-in-Aid through scholarship up to 40% of state tuition
per quarter. Upon State Board authorization, colleges may provide an additional 25% tuition waiver. If waivers
are approved, total Grant-in-Aid will not exceed 65% of official State Board annual established rate tuition per
quarter. Out of state students from contiguous states who are given an out of state waiver may only receive
the additional amount of money that results in them paying the same tuition amount as Washington residents.
No out of state student shall receive more than the maximum benefits of an in state student. Institutional
Employment - A term time job may be provided with net earnings of $1000. The Employment level will be
determined by the colleges and the hourly pay will be commensurate with existing campus pay scales. The
total amount of earnings available to a specific sport will not exceed the total dollar amount determined when
factoring the number of the Grants-in-Aid by $1000. Example: Volleyball – 8 Grant-in-Aid x$1000 = $8000.
NWAACC grant-in-aid may be offered or given only to students from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Alaska,
British Columbia, California, Idaho, Nevada, and Hawaii.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
When you have been given an offer from a college or university it means that they have verbally told you they
are offering you an athletic scholarship that will be available after you graduate high school. The timing of
when this offer is made can vary greatly from one school to another and from one player to another. There is
no uniform standard that applies to everyone; however, there are some general guidelines shown below to
help decipher the offer given:
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