Put on some pearls because you're going to need to clutch them when you hear these facts. The average size of a team roster for a Division-I school is 20 and the scholarship limit per team is 12. In Division II, the team size is typically 19 players and there are 7.2 scholarships available. Even worse: there are no scholarships for Division-III programs (source).

So if you play Div-III, you'll need to look elsewhere for financial aid. If you're an elite player at a Div-I or Div-II school, however, you actually have a decent shot at a scholarship. Go you.

But don't think that getting a scholarship is going to be easy-peezy lemon-squeezy. (Nothing in life is easy-peezy lemon-squeezy.) Softball is not an equivalency sport. This means that not all scholarships are full scholarships. Coaches receive a certain amount of scholarship money and divide it amongst their players as they see fit. And they usually place a higher premium on pitchers, who typically receive larger scholarships than the other position players (source).

So if you're a pitcher, that's great. If not, well…hope for the best.

There are also some pretty specific statistical qualifications that coaches look for when assigning scholarships, including height, weight, velocity of pitches, and speed of base running. In addition, they'll look to see if you were All-State, All-League, MVP, and how many years you played as a starter (source). No sweat, right?