<p>briansteffy,</p>
<p>I believe if you PM a moderator, they will be able to change your ID. I know one minor in one of the HS forums who had that done because his name gave away too much about him.</p>
<p>I agree that more instructors, coaches, etc. should join such forums so they can help dispell the myths that surround so much of college life.</p>
<p>Glad to have you on board, even if you aren't involved in my D's sport!</p>
<p>At a small LAC like F&M walk-ons are definately an OK. In fact, I've been on a number of committees in which we argued that DIV III sports should distinguish itself from DIV I and II by making it possible for 'newbies' to try out. Both FB and soccor teams have great coaches. I am not a 'coach' coach, but I can say that you do not have to be recruited to play (by the way the coach along with many other LAC coaches conduct a free one-day summer amp in which the proceeds go to fight childhood cancer. I was told that many students are picked up here based solely on agility and speed - sorry, I can not recall the website - check Lafayette's website as we approach June). The new FB coach (was assistant at Lafayette - previous coach now offebsive coordinator at Penn) is a good guy. My son, a HS junior, is a small noseguard and if he decided to play (will not play the rest of this year and next because he had two severe concussions), I have no doubt that he would have a shot. As you know DIV III sports is not glamerous. If you love the game, that intensity itself will be appreciated. Also, what's great is that ACADEMICS come first. If you have a late lab, you miss practice. On the other hand, it is serious. All practices are videotaped (FB) and those who perform well in practice that week play. The teams are tight. Athletes tend to be more satisfied with the college social scene than others.</p>
<p>Even some big-time college FB programs have room for walk-ons but most are recruited too and given preferred walk-on status. Wisconsin has had several key starters come in as walkons including some all Big 10 players.</p>
<p>Briansteffy, thanks. Good luck to your son.</p>
<p>Oh wow thanks guys!</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>this is a shameless plug for a thread I started on NCAA reports that contain loads of info on how individual institutions (D1 schools only) approach their recruiting, with info on SAT breakdowns & much more:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...d.php?t=353808%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...d.php?t=353808</a></p>
<p>Can you try that again Papa Chicken. The link doesn't quite work...</p>
<p>sorry
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=353808%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=353808</a></p>
<p>tako--athletic recruiting varies quite a bit depending on what sport is involved, size, division of competition, and program strength of the college doing the recruiting, gender (in some cases), and the outlook, academically and athletically, of certain institutions. As just one, among many, examples, recruiting in boy's basketball has spawned a cottege industry of recruiting sites which rate middle school basketball players based principally on their performance in AAU sponsered tournaments, and the top tier programs start sending letters to kids who have gained exposure through these services immediately after the commencement of their freshman year in high school. There has already been an oral, nonbinding commitment from a high school freshman in our area to the University of Illinois. By contrast, a friend of mine has a daughter who was good enough to play smaller school ice hockey and lacrosse--recruiting started much later, there was/is no athletic scholarship money doled out, and recruited athletes get a small break, but not a big one, from DIII admissions office in contradistinction to, say, a place like Duke where the average SAT of the men's basketball team recently was 980 on a 1600 point scale, and the average of the rest of the student body was about 1400/1600.</p>
<p>To do an article, you could focus on these differences, and how they affect recruiting. I'm sure people will talk to you--there's also info online if you look hard enough. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>One thing that I have learned that if one is not a 4 or 5 star recruit then the athlete must search out coaches. You will never be discovered it you dont personally do anything to make yourself known</p>
<p>Another good resource about the admissions end of the equation is "Reclaiming the Game," by William Bowen and Sarah Levin. It talks mostly about the Ivies and NESCAC, but also deals some with other conferences. You should be able to find reviews that will summarize the findings if you don't have time to read the whole bk.</p>