@TerribleBPthrower posted:What if the HA D3 doesn't offer academic or merit scholarships and only need-based scholarships?
That certainly makes it much more difficult to determine.
My kid is at an HA D3 with a pretty big freshman class on the team. He and his teammates have been able to compare notes, to a degree, in terms of who the coach called once a week when being recruited vs who got called once a month, vs who got called every other month vs who the HC only called once and the rest of the time the prospect talked to the RC. Then there are the players who committed early decision and made it through admissions with ease vs those who had to wait.
And then as the freshman year has played out: who gets more reps in the Fall, who makes the travel squad, who gets more reps in practice even if they aren’t starting.
Of course with the latter you are a year into your eligibility before you find out where you stack up etc