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Never Give Up!
From Walk On to Captain: Quinnipiac University Men’s Basketball Player, Greg Tarca, Gives Recruiting Advice
By Rebecca Haight|May 26, 2022
As a Senior in 2016-17, Greg Tarca was co-captain of the Quinnipiac basketball team. He was surprised with a full scholarship at the school after playing four years as a...
Walk On
Former Oregon State Baseball Player Talks Scholarship Offers & Being a Walk On
By Lauren Gilbert|August 2, 2021
Jack Anderson is a former outfielder for the Oregon State baseball team. As a junior in 2017, Anderson batted .281 while starting 45 of 59 games and racking up 30...
WALK-ON ATHLETE ADVICE
Athlete Interview: Fordham Football Walk-On, Jonah Isaac, Gives Recruiting Advice
By 2aDays Staff|December 21, 2023
Jonah Issac is a football walk-on player at Fordham University. In this interview, Jonah talks about what his recruiting process what like, how he found Fordham, and his experience being...
WALK-ON ADVICE
Athlete Interview: Skidmore College Basketball Walk-On, Jordan Cole, Talks the Benefits of Playing DIII
By 2aDays Staff|September 14, 2023
Jordan Cole is a former captain and walk-on to Skidmore College men's basketball team. In high school at The Urban School, a small Division Five private school in San Francisco,...
scholarship
No Scholarship, No Problem: What it Means to Be a Walk-On
By Owen Roche|June 6, 2023
Just because an athlete doesn't receive an athletic scholarship doesn't mean that the dream of playing their sport at the next level is over. Athletes who aren't awarded athletic scholarships...
Batter Up!
No Walk in the Park: Former Nichols College Pitcher Brendan Duffy’s Daily Grind
By Brayden Koch|May 10, 2023
When you make that decision to become a college athlete, you're committing to way more than just games and practices–in most cases, it's treated like another job in addition to...
Walk-On Success
5 Best Walk-Ons in College Football History
By Isaac Haney|November 21, 2022
To walk on in college football, you need to be pretty courageous. In a world that has turned the process of recruiting into a science, to come forward and assert...
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Ishaan Jagiasi Talks About His Experience As A Walk-On Athlete
By Lilia Farach|May 19, 2022
Athlete Interviews are posted every Thursday for recruiting advice, what to look for, and more. Ishaan Jagiasi is in his third-year of college majoring in Economics and plays for the...
Getting Paid
From Walk-On to Scholarship Athlete: A Look at Thomas Owen’s Journey
By Finn Rice|April 25, 2022
Thomas Owen, a senior at Jacksonville university, who started out as a walk on, will now be graduating on a full scholarship. How did he pull this off? Here's his...
Robert Allen, Walk-On Life
From Walk-On to All-American
By Charlie Ducret|March 31, 2022
The walk-on route–is it a risk worth taking? And what exactly is a walk-on athlete? Basically, a walk-on is an athlete who is either actively recruited or tries out for...
Life of a Walk-On
Recruiting Horror Story™: I Had to Walk-On Twice
By Madison Machado|March 29, 2022
Come back every Tuesday for Recruiting Horror Stories™, athletes' first-hand stories on what can go wrong during the recruiting process. Maddie Machado was an excellent softball player throughout high school;...
Women in Sports History
Jenny Taft: From Walking Onto the Team to Walking Onto the Set
By Rebecca Lutz|March 9, 2022
To conclude our series of inspiring women in the sports world, we interviewed Jenny Taft. Jenny Taft grew up in a home surrounded by high-level athletes: her father John was...
Get Hyped
The 8 Best Softball Walk-Up Songs
By Madison Machado|February 17, 2022
Let's be honest, nothing gets you pumped up like a kick-ass walk-up song. Every softball player gets her own walk-up song, so we put a lot of thought into choosing...
Walk-On Battle
Walking on in College Football: an Uphill Battle
By Isaac Haney|January 14, 2022
Reaching signing day without a scholarship offer is a situation that nobody imagined that they'd be in. Maybe you didn't get the opportunities you thought you would in order to...
Scholarship Differences
Difference between a Full Scholarship, Partial Scholarship, and Walk-On
By Dylan Tehada|December 2, 2021
One of the most frequently asked questions about college sports is how scholarships and financial assistance works. There are varying degrees of financial assistance and classifications that do not guarantee...
