OP, you’re using your own situation, things you’ve heard, making assumptions, and putting a very limited spotlight on this. (And, it seems, before your results are in.) Being recruited may be a tip for you, but it’s a narrow slice, not the whole of what colleges look for. Leadership isn’t all about winning at a sport, having some high school club title or an award to hang on the wall. It can be small efforts that add up.
Maybe she wants to join CC and give her own perspective on what she’s done and why, show her own thinking and how her own choices add up.