How many recruited athletes are there per class?

[Anonymous]

Depends on the school size of course, but say for the average private school of 120, how many are recruited each year? What is a high number or a low number for a school?

[Anonymous]

Remember, the schools are worried about “end game”. The most desirable athletes are the ones who bring attention to the athletic program and will be sought after by top colleges.

Football and basketball are the sports colleges are most likely to be offering sports because they generate the most revenue.

[Anonymous]

A school like Sidwell will have somewhere between 10-20 in any given year across sports like boys and girls basketball or soccer, football, girls crew, boys and girls tennis, an occasional boys or girls lacrosse, an occasional wrestler (boys or girls) and then some kids will have out of school sports like sailing or fencing.

[Anonymous]

There those athletes who are recruited and commit to D1, then those who go through the process to commit to D3. Among the local privates (not the WCAC schools), Bullis probably has the most D1 athletes, then Landon and Prep and I'm sure the number varies from year to year from anything like 3-4 to 10 D1 and then a handful of D3. While schools like Sidwell, St. Albans, NCS, Potomac, and Holton, may have 5 or 6 D3 and 1 to 4 D1. GDS, Maret, Field, Burke, very few college athletes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There those athletes who are recruited and commit to D1, then those who go through the process to commit to D3. Among the local privates (not the WCAC schools), Bullis probably has the most D1 athletes, then Landon and Prep and I'm sure the number varies from year to year from anything like 3-4 to 10 D1 and then a handful of D3. While schools like Sidwell, St. Albans, NCS, Potomac, and Holton, may have 5 or 6 D3 and 1 to 4 D1. GDS, Maret, Field, Burke, very few college athletes.

STA has 75 kids in this year's senior class:
8 DI recruits
6 DIII recruits
(These numbers come from a college counseling office talk given on Fri.)

Holton has a similar number this year.
NCS has two that I know of.
You have to take college lists from ANY school with a grain of salt because there can be many athletes in the mix--more than you might think at first glance.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, super helpful. Any other interesting stats from the STA talk? Eg on what % of kids were legacies etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks, super helpful. Any other interesting stats from the STA talk? Eg on what % of kids were legacies etc?

No, they did not address this but it's almost 100%. But this is the same this year at Sidwell, Maret, GDS, etc. Each school might have 2 Ivy admits that are not athletes or recruits.
NCS almost did the best in this regard; I think they have 3 in this category.
I have a senior and have close friends with seniors at every school.

[Anonymous]

what does that have to do with athletic recruits?

[Anonymous]

Depends on what you mean recruited?

Are you talking about top athletes who the school reaches out to to encourage to attend?

Or just ones where they give significant financial aid in order to attend?

Two very different numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends on what you mean recruited?

Are you talking about top athletes who the school reaches out to to encourage to attend?

Or just ones where they give significant financial aid in order to attend?

Two very different numbers.

I think OP is asking about how many graduates go on to college as recruited athletes.

[Anonymous]

This is basically wrong. My son goes to Maret and they have at least 10 seniors every year who go on to play college sports. Most are D3, but a handful of D1 every year. I'm sure it's the same at Sidwell and GDS.

[Anonymous]

Bullis has a quarter ( probably more as that is just D1) of the class going to college as recruited athletes. These are smart kids going to the top schools in the country. If I had a athlete I would send them there for HS for sure. They prepare them well both in their sport and academically.

[Anonymous]

Stone Ridge claimed 17 in 2022, 7 to D1 and 10 to D3. Almost all of those, if not all, were recruits. Class size of around 90.

[Anonymous]

For Bullis especially if track and field. Almost every one of them is a recruit. Maybe not all D1 but when you include D2 and D3 all that what to continue running in college go somewhere. It’s the best HS program in the country. Just check out the Penn Relay results. The school is getting to be top level academically too. It used to be a school as a backup for not getting in the Big 3 but has significantly changed. The only issue I have is that they really recruit kids! They are at track meets and basketball games and everywhere else looking for talent!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stone Ridge claimed 17 in 2022, 7 to D1 and 10 to D3. Almost all of those, if not all, were recruits. Class size of around 90.

LOL!! Stone Ridge? What sport? I don’t think they’re actual recruits. I think a lot of them are likely walk-on’s. You can claim that you are doing a sport but that does not mean recruited. Big difference.