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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid and many of her friends at UVA made the same decision. Is the grind really worth it, if they end up a lower academic universities just to play their sport?[/quote]

You believe that they were all recruited to play sports?   I doubt it.  [/quote]

Did I say “all”?  I said, “many”. And yes, small D3 schools seem desperate to fill their rosters. What kind of high academic student would want to go to an in the middle of nowhere college of 1,200-1,800 students, with an 80% acceptance rate to play a sport that will give them little to no advantage in their professional life over attending UVA? Add to that, they might even end up paying more than the UVA in state tuition. 
Our own daughters never made recruitment videos, or reached out to coaches, yet were contacted multiple times by small colleges. They were good players, but not amazing, and were not interested in missing out on a traditional college experience. Now, to each their own too. Some of their club teammates did end up at small colleges. Some are still playing, others transferred to bigger campuses, and quit the sport. 
We loved being club sport parents. The experience, we believe was excellent for our daughters as well. We supported their decisions to quit the sport after high school. There are always intramurals and adult leagues. [/quote]

This is exactly right. My son is at UVA and still gets emails from coaches at obscure D3 schools “hey it’s not too late for you to come and play for us!” Some of his teammates did that. Others are at UVA or another big school but not playing varsity sport.[/quote]

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