Tennis Scholarship Recruiting Guidelines
Men Division I
- # of School Tennis Programs: 264
- # of Tennis Scholarships: 4.5
- Total # of Men Tennis Participants in Division I: 2,641
Division I; Tier 1 Schools
Height Range: 5’8″-6’3″; Average: 6’1″
High School Expectations:
4 Years Varsity
#1 Singles and/or #1 Doubles
Various State/Regional/Conference Awards and Honors
ITA/ITF and USTA Expectations:
High Performance Experience
National Ranking in top 100 in age group
Sectional Ranking in Top 20 in Tier 1 section or Top 10 in Tier 2 section
ITF Ranking of at least 200
Attendee of National Level Tourneys such as Section Closed, National Open …
Tier 1 Sections, based on the number of participants in the Top 100 USTA National 18′s
Florida, Southern, Southern California, Midwest, Texas, Northern California, and Eastern
Tier 2 Sections
Mid-Atlantic, Middle States, New England, Missouri Valley, Northern, Pacific Northwest, Intermountain, Southwest, Caribbean (Puerto Rico, and Hawaii Pacific
Qualifications, according to “TennisRecruiting.net”
Minimum 4 Star Recruiting, preferred 5+ stars
National Ranking of 190 or below
Division I; Tier 2 Schools
Height Range: 5’8″-6’3″; Average: 6’1″
High School Expectations:
4 Years Varsity
#1 Singles and/or #1 Doubles
Various State/Regional/Conference Awards and Honors
ITA/ITF and USTA Expectations:
High Performance Experience
National Ranking in Top 200 in age group
Sectional Ranking in Top 40 in Tier 1 section or Top 20 in Tier 2 section
ITF Ranking of at least 300
Attendee of National Level Tourneys such as Section Closed, National Open …
Qualifications, according to “TennisRecruiting.net”
Minimum 3 Star Recruiting, preferred 4+ stars
National Ranking of 190 or below
Men Division II
- # of School Tennis Programs: 167
- # of Tennis Scholarships: 4.5
- Total # of Men Tennis Participants in Division II: 1,634
Height Range: 5’8″-6’0″; Average: 5’11″
High School Expectations
3+ Years Varsity
#1-2 Singles, #1 Doubles
Various County or Conference Awards/Honors
USTA Expectations:
Sectional Ranking of Top 200 in Tier 1, and Top 100 in Tier 2
National Ranking of Top 600 in age group
Several years of heavy, serious tennis experience preferred
Qualifications, according to “TennisRecruiting.net”
Minimum 1 Star recruit, preferred 2+
National Ranking of 300 or below
Men Division III
- # of School Tennis Programs: 328
- # of Tennis Scholarships: 0
- Total # of Men Tennis Participants in Division III: 3,685
Height Range: 5’7″-6’3″; Average: 5’11″
High School Expectations
3+ Years Varsity
#1-3 Singles, #1 Doubles
Various County or Conference Awards/Honors
USTA Expectations:
Sectional Ranking of Top 250 in Tier 1, and Top 150 in Tier 2
National Ranking of Top 600 in age group
Several years of heavy, serious tennis experience preferred
Qualifications, according to “TennisRecruiting.net”
Preferred 1+ Star recruit
National Ranking of 500 or below
Women Division I
- # of School Tennis Programs: 323
- # of Tennis Scholarships: 8
- Total # of Women Tennis Participants in Division I: 2,913
Division I; Tier 1 Schools
Height Range: 5’0″-5’10″; Average: 5’6″
High School Expectations:
4 Years Varsity
#1 Singles and/or #1 Doubles
Various State/Regional/Conference Awards and Honors
ITA/ITF and USTA Expectations:
High Performance Experience
Sectional Ranking in Top 30 in Tier 1 section or Top 15 in Tier 2 section
ITF Ranking of at least 200
Attendee of National Level Tourneys such as Section Closed, National Open …
Tier 1 Sections, based on the number of participants in the Top 100 USTA National 18′s
Florida, Southern, Southern California, Midwest, Texas, Northern California, and Eastern
Tier 2 Sections
Mid-Atlantic, Middle States, New England, Missouri Valley, Northern, Pacific Northwest, Intermountain, Southwest, Caribbean (Puerto Rico, and Hawaii Pacific
Qualifications, according to “TennisRecruiting.net”
Minimum 4 Star Recruiting, preferred 5+ stars
National Ranking of 250 or below
Division I; Tier 2 Schools
Height Range: 5’0″-5’10″; Average: 5’6″
High School Expectations:
4 Years Varsity
#1 Singles and/or #1 Doubles
Various State/Regional/Conference Awards and Honors
ITA/ITF and USTA Expectations:
High Performance Experience
National Ranking in Top 300 in age group
Sectional Ranking in Top 60 in Tier 1 section or Top 30 in Tier 2 section
ITF Ranking of at least 300
Attendee of National Level Tourneys such as Section Closed, National Open …
Qualifications, according to “TennisRecruiting.net”
Minimum 3 Star Recruiting, preferred 4+ stars
National Ranking of 250 or below
Women Division II
- # of School Tennis Programs: 379
- # of Tennis Scholarships: 6
- Total # of Women Tennis Participants in Division II: 1,945
Height Range: 5’3″-5’9″; Average: 5’5″
High School Expectations
3+ Years Varsity
#1-2 Singles, #1 Doubles
Various County or Conference Awards/Honors
USTA Expectations:
District Ranking of Top 50
*USTA experience isn’t required, but strongly preferred at DII schools
Qualifications, according to “TennisRecruiting.net”
Preferred 1+ Stars
National Ranking of 500 or below
Women Division III
- # of School Tennis Programs: 379
- # of Tennis Scholarships: 0
- Total # of Women Tennis Participants in Division III: 3,861
Height Range: 5’2″-5’9″; Average: 5’5″
High School Expectations
2+ Years Varsity
#1-4 Singles, #1-2 Doubles
Team Captain Preferred
Various County or Conference Awards/Honors
USTA Expectations:
Preferred Top 50 District Ranking
Preferred Sectional Ranking
Qualifications, according to “TennisRecruiting.net”
Preferred 1 Star
Men & Women NAIA
- # of School Tennis Programs: 102 Men; 119 Women
- # of Tennis Scholarships: 5 Men; 5 Women
- Total # of Tennis Participants in NAIA: 819 Men; 926 Women
Men & Women Junior College
- # of School Tennis Programs: 77 Men; 89 Women
- # of Tennis Scholarships: 0 Men; 0 Women (varies per school)
- Total # of Tennis Participants in NJCAA: 692 Men; 713 Women