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[quote=Anonymous]I wish this were a troll, but, as the parent of 3 high school athletes -- 2 of whom went on to play in college-- , I've had parents of younger kids ask me the same type of question.  Here's what I tell them -- let your kid play whichever sport s/he wants to and don't think for a second about college admissions.  Over the years, we've seen many kids whose parents believed that sports would give their kids an edge in admissions be very disappointed when it turned out that the kid wasn't good enough, or was injured, or burned out, or didn't like the school that was recruiting him or her.  That said, playing a sport is great if your kid really loves it and benefits in terms of learning discipline, teamwork and resilience; even better, if s/he becomes a team captain and has the opportunity to develop leadership skills.  All 3 of our kids benefited tremendously in this sense, but the surprise for us was that our youngest and best athlete decided against playing at a D1 school because she chose a major that is completely incompatible with varsity sports.  Similarly, our middle kid switched from varsity to club at a D1 school so he could focus on academics and an academically-related activitity that he loves.  Only the oldest, who went D3, stayed with sports for all 4 years.  And, honestly, he would have gotten into that school without being recruited.               [/quote]

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