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My son was not a great student and lost a number of situations because of it--fortunately he was able to find a place where it worked and he played Division I ball and got his degeree with a better college GPA than he had in HS
HS PLAYERS ---make sure the grades are there ---each year it becomes more important--baseball players are not football/basketball players and do not get the same "breaks" getting into college-- you need the grades