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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Recruit- guaranteed spot

Preferred walk on-late applicant missed their teams "guaranteed spots"

Walk on-long shot, but in most cases if you have the game, they'll find a spot for you

Hope that helps![/quote]

Unfortunately there is no guaranteed spot even for recruited athletes at DIII. My son is in the process as a baseball player and we are hearing about how many of the schools he is interested in over recruit and then cut in Freshman year.[/quote]

Same with my son at Washington College in Chestertown. He was late to the game applying there and the freshman roster was 'full' when he reached out to the coach. My son could easily compete there but the coach wouldn't commit to him before the year started, so we bailed on the school. Scholastically it was below him and they are one of those schools hanging on by a thread so they offered him boatloads of money to pretty please come.

I actually wrote a note to the AO saying the coach effed this one up. My kid would have gone there had a spot been offered, but he's not going to a 1000 student school in the middle of bumf**k without something to do. I'd love to know what the AO said to the coach.[/quote]

When you say the coach wouldn’t commit, [b]you mean the coach wouldn’t commit to rostering him if he enrolled[/b]? In some ways that’s the opposite of my point (though still difficult and hard for your son). The coach had already done his recruitment for the class so wouldn’t bump another freshman off the roster for your son.  I’m worried about a school committing to my son, rostering him, then cutting him or benching him with no intention to ever have him play. Finding the right level (competitive enough for room to grow, not so competitive you get cut or benched) plus the right academic fit is a real challenge. I hope your son has found his perfect spot![/quote]

Yes, that's what I mean. And I don't blame the guy. I know he'd already built that freshman roster, but my son would only consider the school if he was on the team. There's literally nothing else to do in Chestertown and when you factor the size of the freshman class (about 250) it's pretty clear he wouldn't have agroup of people to hngf with if he wasnt on a team of some sort. He's  decent golfer so that was an option too but we didn't speak with them.

I whole heartedly understand your point about your kid picking a school and then never playing. That would suck.

My kid is going to a large state school (where he'd never make the roster so he'll look at the club level to scratch that itch. A lot of these decent HS athletes have a slow let go of the sport at this stage of life and it can bes hard to watch. A bit like a sad break up but everything changes and you pick a new pursuit. Life goes on.[/quote]

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