On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Jennifer Pepin Northampton HS 98 wrote:
 
> The third-string 'keeper at Umass-Amherst was refered to in a newspaper
> article as a 'recruited walk-on'. Besides an oxymoron, what is a recruited
> walk-on? Jennifer.
> --
 
NCAA teams are limited to a certain number of scholarships that they are
allowed to give, and many are further contsrained because the
administration does not "fully fund" or give them the complete allotment.
Regardless, no team has enough money to give everyone on its roster a
full ride, so they have recruited walk-ons.
 
The coach tells a player that he'd really like him to come to UMass or BU
or BC or where ever, but he can't give him any money, so he'll have to
try out as a walk-on, but he definately has a strong chance of making the
team. Such is the case with UMass' third string goalie Dan DiLeo. UMass
was tapped out for scholarship money, but Mallen still recruited him
anyways to play here.
 
It's obviously risky because although he might like UMass very much, he
might turn around and go to Merrimack because they can give hime money. A
lot of it depends on how much you like the school/coach/program etc. and
how financhally secure your family is. Often a coach will wind up giving
a once recruited walk-on some money further down the road when some is
available.
 
I'll say that UMass baseball coach Mike Stone does not have a full
allotment of scholarships (But that didn't stop his team from going to
the East Regional Finals at Florida last year, one win away from the
College World Series) and he relies heavily on recruited walk-ons, many
of which come from Northampton HS.
 
Leigh
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