Division III

Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States.

Legacy scholarships

Eight D-3 schools do currently offer scholarships in a capacity as grandfathered schools which traditionally participated in the highest levels of single sports prior to the tiering of schools into divisions. These teams compete at the Division I level, while the remainder of their athletic program remains D-3. They are Clarkson University (men's and women's ice hockey), Colorado College (men's ice hockey and women's soccer), Hartwick College (men's soccer, women's water polo), Johns Hopkins University (men's and women's lacrosse), College at Oneonta (men's soccer), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, (men's ice hockey and adding scholarships in women's ice hockey in 2005), Rutgers at Newark (men's volleyball), and St. Lawrence University (men's and women's ice hockey). Each school has the right to offer scholarships in one men's and one women's sport. These schools prefer to enjoy the characteristics of having a small, academically focused athletic program while maintaining competitive ability in their premier sport(s).

Related Topics:
Grandfathered - Clarkson University - Ice hockey - Colorado College - Soccer - Hartwick College - Water polo - Johns Hopkins University - Lacrosse - College at Oneonta - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Rutgers at Newark - Volleyball - St. Lawrence University

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