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[quote=Anonymous]Lots of sensible advice here urging caution and a balanced approach to building a college resume. No argument here, but I’ll present a little different view that, in the right circumstances, supports the potential value for sports strictly as a college admissions lever.

My niece is being recruited for a sport and is getting pre-reads right now. She never really thought about it as a way in the door. She played because she liked it (which should always, always be the reason to play). When she realized it could help her college chances she said “okay”. All it has cost her is some emails with coaches, a prospect camp ($45) and some film editing time. Remains to be seen how it will turn out but she’s looking at a few with sub-20% admit rates so any kind of edge counts. She’s a great student so without that it wouldn’t have mattered. For context, she’s a D3 prospect speaking to T40 SLACs. Some she would undoubtedly get into on her non-athletic credentials. Others are unhooked lottery tickets. She did all the reaching out herself. In D3 the coaches, at least in her experience, don’t step to you. You have to come to them. It’s a delicate game of self-advocacy and understanding the nuance of knowing how often and what to write, but based on the interest she cultivated she seems to have navigated it well. I’ll report back with results, which she’s been told she should receive soon.

Several posters have mentioned the injury issue, which happens all the time and is a legitimate concern. My daughter plays lacrosse and every year there are one or two on her teams who blow an ACL. For some it has derailed the recruiting process, but not for all.[/quote]

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