The Myth of the Sports Scholarship

Very good article. Different port but with many similarities. 

Thanks MTH nice read.

No surprises, but the more the information is out there, the more absorb it.

Interesting that there was no consideration given to pure financial aid. With her academic stats, she clearly could have leveraged it to schools which give the top FA.  And if available, that aid would not be at the mercy of coach or love of sport.

Explore all options and recognize the advantages/disadvantages of each type of aid.

She should have played football . . . .

Great read.  One nuance to this is the role athletics play in helping kids get into high academic schools that they likely would not qualify for if they didn't play a sport.  Especially at a D3 level.  For those that haven't lived on this board for years -- stories like this are hugely helpful to the generic family.

Great point MAM. I have seen so many families over the years chase athletic $'s without regard to school and it seldom turns out well.  If you can use your athletic talent to get thrown into the different application review pile, I think you've done well. 

Thanks for posting the article.  Very interesting read.

I did a more detailed post earlier. It must have been just as the wifi crashed. There's a key point missing in this article (or I missed it). The best D1 female prospects are typically wrapped up at fourteen and fifteen years old. It's due to girls physically maturing much sooner than boys. They're projecttable at these early ages. Scholarship money is scarce for D1 female prospects by junior year.

It's hard to apply a female recruiting experience to a male experience in terms of scholarship money in high school. I've been through the journey both ways. Everything else is very much the same.