I think the simple explanation is that an athlete cannot have an athletic scholarship and play a Division 3 sport. At various schools such as Clarkson and RPI (the ones I'm most familiar with), their single D-1 sport and its associated athletic scholarships, creates such a situation. Union is not a good example since none of their hockey players have athletic scholarships. If they have scholarships, they are either academic or need-based aid. Merrimack is not a good example since Division 2 allows scholarships. My guess, though, is that hockey scholarships add to the count in whatever sport the hockey players opt to do outside of hockey. Sort of a double bookkeeping. And by the way, Tony and others, yes, Syracuse has had quite a tradition of football playing lacrosse All-Americans, hasn't it? I also think it's kind of neat that they encouraged that, and that they took the trouble to play some of the smaller schools. -- Dick Tuthill HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.