31 sports with $77.7 million in scholarships at Ohio universities; find which sports offer the most – cleveland.com

Ohio’s 11 public universities competing in Division I intercollegiate athletics field 212 teams in 14 men’s sports, 15 women’s sports and two mixed team sports.

Together, the equivalent of 2,416 scholarships – worth $77.7 million – were awarded for the 2014-15 school year, cleveland.com found in reviewing records the schools filed with the NCAA. But many athletes don’t receive the so-called full ride.

Scroll through the following slides to learn how many scholarships are awarded for each sport and how many Division I public schools in Ohio compete in each sport. (Cross country and track teams are reported together, as are swimming and diving teams.)

Most athletes in football, basketball, women’s tennis, women’s volleyball and women’s gymnastics receive full scholarships. Nearly all the athletes in the other sports receive partial athletic scholarships.

The 2,416 scholarships were divided among 3,893 athletes. One athlete may receive room and board; another may receive tuition. More than 1,000 additional athletes without scholarships were on the teams.

In baseball, for example, the NCAA limits scholarships to 11.7 per team, although the rosters exceed 20 players. The limit for wrestling is 9.9 scholarships. For women’s tennis, the cap is eight scholarships, but it is 4.5 for men’s tennis.

NCAA scholarship limits by sport can be found at this link.

This is part 3 of a series looking at money in college sports. The next installment will explore who pays the bills. Earlier parts ranked Ohio’s universities based on their sports budgets, and identified 50 head coaching jobs in Ohio that pay at least $200,000 a year.

The information is based on the NCAA reports each school files with the NCAA. Dayton and Xavier – Ohio’s two private schools competing in Division I sports – do not make their reports publicly available.