Just to give a broader picture as to the general standard there are 335 give or take division 1 schools with tennis programs that can offer 4.5 tennis scholarships men and 8 tennis scholarships women (thanks footballers, division 1 schools have to offer the same number of female and male scholarships and division 1 football schools in the FBS have 85 football scholarship so for female tennis players it's a win win!).

So from the 2680 potential division 1 tennis scholarships for women, playing across about 335 teams in 35 conferences we whittle it down to the ITA finals.

The intercollegiate tennis singles championship finals ie the best of the best for women ( ie the best supported of the two sexes) would by rankings be consistent with a futures level tournament indeed 9 of my 21 highest ranked and best performing players sampled had won at 10k level and a couple 25k level. This group consisted of 8 x 22 year olds, 6 x 21, 4x 20 and 3 x19, there are mechanisms that allow qualification for the U.S. Open main draw, the NCAA winner and indeed there is an annual competition which is weighted in favour of more senior players ie there are protected places. However I note at least one of the freshman JCH 10/11 has won through ... And likely to fall into the cohort most likely to progress to the WTA ie the one and done who never graduate.

Obviously with so many potential scholarships at Div 1 let alone 2 there are plenty of opportunities to continue playing but it is a pyramid system and the sides are steep with perhaps 1% giving full time tennis a go as a graduate and a fraction of a percent progressing to the WTA. The odds are greatly reduced for a cohort with JCH's less than 30 particularly where there has been some evidence of early transition to senior tennis as a junior (a group likely training almost full time who one would consider young professionals)