What is a walk on in college baseball?

Answer 1

A walk on program is a program that allows potential athletes to tryout for the team. A walk on is an athlete on the team but is not on scholarship, so basically it is a student who pays for his own school but is on the team. If you earn your spot on the roster and perform well then you could possibly receive a scholarship. A walk on is usually not recruited. They try out on their own will. Sometimes if a program is out of scholarship money there is recruited walkons

Answer 2

The term "walk-on athlete" refers to a collegiate athlete that is not awarded a scholarship to play their sport. Walk-ons pay their own tuition, books, fees, and living expenses. In short, they are a normal student that happens to be on the athletic team in their sport.

Answer 3

A walk on in College Baseball is a player who was not offered a scholarship by that particular school but made the team during an open try out. Colleges hold these tryouts in the fall to fill any open slots prior to the beginning of the College Baseball season that usually begins in March