Walk-on (sports)

As a walk- on will be referred to high school sports in the United States those student athletes who are more at open tryouts ( tryout ) even apply for admission to a college team. This is in contrast to the dozens of students who are recruited by the coach due to their performance in high school teams ( Recruited ) were and usually an athletic scholarship ( athletic scholarship ) is obtained.

With walk- ons are often to athletes who come from smaller high schools or were home schooled, and therefore the talent scouts of college teams are not noticed or were not classified well enough of these. You must also apply as normal students the sometimes high tuition fees ( tuition ) even if these costs are not covered by other scholarships, for example, for students with outstanding academic achievements and talents, or for members of minority groups. In some cases, when all the available sports scholarships have already been assigned, for example, in a team specifically recruited athletes as invited walk- on, Recruited Walk -on or preferred walk- on can be recorded. You will receive in the course of their studies often also a sports scholarship. Even football player on highly specialized positions such as a punter and kicker often begin their careers as walk -on and get after corresponding benefits a scholarship.

In college football and college basketball act most walk- ons as a reserve player, for example, did not travel with to away games. They count on the football team for the most part the so-called practice, whose task is to simulate the play of opposing teams in training against the regular team. Walk -on players can ascend into the starting lineup and qualify in some cases for a scholarship if they have performed. For the most outstanding player in college football, who began his career as a walk -on, has been awarded since 2010 by Brandon Burlsworth named Burlsworth Trophy. In other sports such as baseball, football or lacrosse, the number of players with a scholarship significantly smaller, so that walk- ons can include regular team. At the universities of the Ivy League, where basically no sports scholarships are awarded, the teams consist solely of walk- on players.