Or go some were out of state, and get a license and live there for a certain amount of months, then you can get in-state tuition.
HAHA... not as easy as it used to be, in NC almost impossible.
As far as scholarships go for pole vaulters, it is all about what the school thinks you can do for them. A D3 coach mind set is that in most conferences 14' will win, so they can go out and get a 14' pole vaulter that would be lucky to walk on to a D1 school, get him hooked up with a bunch of academician scholarships so he really wants to go, then don't really care if he ever improves because 1st is 1st no matter if they jump 14' or 18'. That is basically a guaranteed 10pts if the conference stays consistent with the type of vaulters it has. And most pole vaulters have a decent amount of athletic ability so that they could just be thrown into other events like long jump and the 60 and score a point or two here and there. So pole vaulters are worth a big scholarship where, a sprinter on the other hand is a lot of maintenance to keep him running fast times, and if they are sub 10.9 guys (which it will probably take to win), then they could find D1 school out there that thinks they could make them faster, or could use them on a relay team.
But from a D1 coach point of view, pole vaulters are expensive and really don't help the team out all that much. You require thousands of dollars worth of poles to have a good selection, then they have to pay extra to haul your poles around to meets you have to fly to. And most college pole vaulters, can only pole vault, so they can score a max of 10 points at a meet. And on top of that, in most big D1 conferences, it is going to take over 17' to win, so they are going to be gambling on you when they give you a scholarship because they are counting on you improving a lot because there are few 17' vaulters in high school to chose from. So in this since, a sprinter is a lot more valuable because there are a lot more 10.4-10.6 guys in high school than 16'6-17'6. So these guys can come right out of high school and start scoring major points, either by running an open event or being part of a relay. And a guy that runs 10.4, 21.0, 47.0 may not be the best in the nation, but he is already top 5 in 3 open events and 2 relays.
So when it comes down to it. Why should a big school give a 16'0+ pole vaulter a big scholarship just because he is number one in state and top 10 in nation, when they can get 4 15-15.6 vaulters, and give them all books? Then hopefully at least one of them will improve to that 17' vaulter and if not, 5,6,7,and 8th place in the conference still adds up to 10 points.
