Wrestling Scholarships
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Correct, very few get full rides, partials are very common. PSU has about 30 in the room getting portions, or none, of that 9.9.
...I believe it is 9.9 "equivalents"...
...i.e. if "in-state" cost is $20,000 and "out-of-state" is $40,000 and you give an in-state kid $10,000 it counts as a half equivalent but the same $10,000 to an out-of-state kid is a quarter equivalent...
...for several years one Big 10 team awarded a total yearly $ amount equivalent to 9.9 out-of -state full scholarships, whether the recruit was in-state or out-of-state... !
...i.e. if "in-state" cost is $20,000 and "out-of-state" is $40,000 and you give an in-state kid $10,000 it counts as a half equivalent but the same $10,000 to an out-of-state kid is a quarter equivalent...
...for several years one Big 10 team awarded a total yearly $ amount equivalent to 9.9 out-of -state full scholarships, whether the recruit was in-state or out-of-state... !
Lets allow the OP to get a few posts under his belt before we let him know about the Slush Fund.
There is also the belief that some teams offer x amount of scholarship to a wrestler, and then they can earn more, based on performance.
For example... it is widely rumored that within the PSU room, if you can defeat Nico in a wrestle-off, regardless of weight, you earn more scholarship dollars. Fortunately for Cael, the only wrestler who could beat Nico on a consistent basis was Suriano, and since he’s moved on, more money has been freed up for others.
For example... it is widely rumored that within the PSU room, if you can defeat Nico in a wrestle-off, regardless of weight, you earn more scholarship dollars. Fortunately for Cael, the only wrestler who could beat Nico on a consistent basis was Suriano, and since he’s moved on, more money has been freed up for others.
Of course, we shouldn't forget about ROTC scholarships, which don't count against the 9.9, because they are available to anyone. Well, anyone that beats out the 10's of thousands of other applicants; anyone that wants to commit at least 4 years of their life to the military, after graduating; anyone that wants to add 30 credit hours to their course load over four years; anyone that wants to commit to PT and drill two days a week, early in the morning. Matt Brown and Mason Manville have used ROTC scholarships.
But, some people, somewhere think, "ROTC isn't that much of a commitment."
But, some people, somewhere think, "ROTC isn't that much of a commitment."
They do have the best compliance dept in the biz, so...That latter issue was merely a paperwork error. Compliance quickly put a stop to it
He will have to visit HR for all the details on the PSU slush fund.
Wrestling is an equivalency sport, so yes 9.9 "equivalent" scholarships. Unlike football, for example which is a "head count" sport, and each scholarship player counts as a full scholarship. Saying 9.9 full scholarships for wrestling is confusing, as noted, it's really 9.9 equivalent scholarships.
Also keep in mind, ROTC obligations take priority over the sport's obligations.
And 4-6 weeks of your summer spent on a “cruise” or “Jeep adventure”
That's not what I hear. Legend has it Nico got beat so often that he is the only wrestler in history to give up a defensive pin while shadow wrestling.
A tale of two "cruises:"
Two NROTC Midshipmen from Penn State get assigned to a cruise in San Diego. They pack clothes accordingly. Upon reporting in San Diego, they are told their cruise will consist of boarding a ship which will immediately leave to "cruise" up the coast of California to Portland. In large part, they were cold, wet and miserable. And, the weather continued to suck in Portland.
One NROTC Midshipman requested a Foreign Exchange Cruise, specifically requesting Australia, South Africa or Singapore. The Navy calls him last summer and says, "I'm sorry, we don't have any of those available. Would you mind going to New Zealand?"
This kid flies to New Zealand, where he is told they are packing up the ship he is to be on with a bunch of Kiwi Army personnel and heading to, guess where, Australia, to take part in Talisman Sabre 2017, the largest joint military amphibious exercise since Normandy, with 32,000 troops from the U.S., GB, Australia and NZ.
He gets to port in several spots in Australia and watch the military exercise from a ship's vantage point. To top it off, upon heading back to NZ, the X-O on the ship says, "We didn't get to show you much of NZ, so how about if you disembark when we port at the south end of the North Island, you rent a car and spend a few days driving back to Auckland?"
1. Not all cruises are created equally.
2. pawrestlersintn#2 can fall in a bucket of crap and come out smelling like a rose
I can personally confirm all of this. Don’t forget the summer cruise commitment as well. I was in Mayport Florida and was “fortunate enough” to experience rwo hurricanes at sea and the strange happenings of the Bermuda Triangle. Fun times, lol, but wouldn’t want to change a thing.
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