By Sean McCann
Recruiting Essentials Editor

After looking over last week’s newsletter that showed a sample breakdown of 11.7 baseball scholarships its obvious that the average NCAA Division I baseball player on athletics aid still has to come up with a good chunk of money on his own to attend college and play baseball.  One very common source used to supplement partial baseball scholarships is academic honors awards.

Once again there are pages and pages of fine print on this topic but I will just hit on the big picture items for you. Every college has a different structure when it comes to handing out academic honors awards to incoming freshmen based solely on their high school academic record – criteria to receive ...