Similar to most ECAC programs, particularly each of the Ivies, Union offers grant-in-aids disguised as academic scholarships. Exceptions exist, and technically they are not athletic scholarships, but it's a stretch to suggest all of the non-military academy hockey players at Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell, RIT, or Union earned their student-athletic scholarships based solely on academic qualifications.
Without very good hockey skills, many of the Harvard knuckleheads and a few Yalies and Dartmouth hockey alumni I know well certainly had no chance of gaining admission. Some are pretty intelligent to highly successful, but others readily acknowledge they were way over their academic heads. It's unlikely Union's any different, but kudos to anyone who earns an Ivy or even a Union degree and to the Dutchmen on their Frozen Four triumph.
