Can I ask, is the coach at the DIII helping the admission, or in this regard, is ED necessary to gain admission? Sometimes in good academic DIII, the ED is used, sort of, in the same as the NLI-the school uses this to get its committment (but if the academics are high enough anyway, then the ED become less crucial, however. As you probably know, ED is the more route). In other words, will he lose the DIII by not going ED? Difficult choice for you. Good Luck.