People are assuming she is on scholarship. Many D1 programs have walk-ons and others that are non scholarship. Mostly guys you never heard of like JJ Watt or Clay Matthews or Jordy Nelson. A distance runner who finished 8th in her states and never finished in the top 20 at an NCAA meet is either not on scholarship or not long for one. The fact is that not everyone on a revenue generating sports on scholarship and on non revenue generating programs like Women's Track or Mens Gymnastics scholarships are in very short supply.