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Eight Things Clients Need to Know About Athletic ScholarshipsEight Things Clients Need to Know About Athletic Scholarships

Just 2 percent of high school athletes snag sports scholarships at NCAA schools. Here’s how to guide parents convinced their child will get one.

Lynn O'Shaughnessy, Columnist: College Planning

March 16, 2017

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Parents with athletic children dream of underwriting the cost of college with sports scholarships, but they need to understand the realities of what it takes to capture these awards.

If you have clients with teenage athletes, here are eight things that you should pass along about sports scholarships.

About the Author

Lynn O'Shaughnessy

Columnist: College Planning

Lynn O’Shaughnessy is a nationally recognized higher-ed speaker, journalist and the author of The College Solution, an Amazon bestseller. She provides college advice at her website, http://www.thecollegesolution.com/.

She also offers an offers an online course -- Savvy College Planning (https://www.savvycollegeplanning.com/) -- that helps financial advisors improve their financial bottom line by explaining how they can add late-stage college planning to their practice.

Click here to get Lynn’s guide, Finding the Most Generous Colleges.