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Scholarship Qualifications
Turns out, it may be easier to set a world record than to earn a scholarship for gymnastics. No joke. For NCAA Division-I female gymnasts, twelve full-ride scholarships are available per team and six scholarships can be split into different amounts at Division II. Division-I male teams have six of those same allocation-type scholarships per team and Division-II has five. No Division-III athlete may receive an athletic scholarship for gymnastics (source).
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The average women's team size in gymnastics is nineteen members while the average men's team size is twenty-one (source). With such large teams, and such few scholarships, especially for men, it's possible to be recruited and offered a spot on team without financial assistance. We tip our hats to these gymnasts for their pure dedication and love of the sport alone; may they enjoy years of loan payments afterwards.