Even athletes need to earn scholarships.

If you're wondering the odds of winning an athletic scholarship, you should read my previous post here. The truth is, athletes need to work at earning scholarships, too. And, new sites are making it easier for athletes to promote themselves and secure money for college.

Using social-networking strategies (think Facebook and MySpace), these sites allow athletes to post their resumes and add videos displaying their skills. 

If you're interested in learning more about this technique, and how other athletes "did it themselves," read this great article by the Wall Street Journal.

Happy hunting!

The truth about athletic scholarships.

Many parents and students get excited about athletic scholarships: they seem like a sure bet, especially for talented athletes. In addition, many families spend thousands of dollars each year on private lessons, team fees, and athletic equipment in the hope that someday it will all pay off. However, getting a full-ride scholarship as an athlete is not as easy as it looks. The fact is there's a limited amount of funding available for collegiate sports teams, and you need to be realistic about your chances for earning athletic scholarships to pay for college.

Read this article for a very good break-down of athletic scholarships and how they are awarded.

To increase your chances of earning some sort of scholarship for college, it's important to work on gaining academic scholarships in addition to any awards you might receive for athletics. There's 30 times more college money available for academic scholarships than athletic scholarships, so if you hone both your brain and body muscles, you'll be a lot better off money-wise.