Matt13 posted:That doesn't sound like much to me. 4-5 rostered as freshmen to 3 seniors? That's the metric you'd want to look at. JV is irrelevant.
But 2 of the 3 current seniors were actually JV freshman year.
I should say that the school uses JV as an extended try-out for Frosh, basically. (they play about 20 games a year). So that's a peculiar feature of this school. Transition from JV to Varsity is not automatic, because of all the transfers that come in every year, competing for a spot.
The TOTAL roster is usually only 41-42 players (which is about par for the D3 course from what I can gather. They VARSITY Roster is usually less than 30. So the varsity roster is typically smallish, in comparison with some other D3 schools.
Of the 4-5 rostered on the varsity as Frosh that year, only 1 is left. Plus I should say that of the 5 (it turns out, I went back and double checked) all but 2 of them were "co-rostered." and 3 of the 5 saw NO action.)
The guy who moved into the starting rotation as a frosh, had a bad summer league experience, and disagreements with the coach, and quit at the beginning of sophomore year.