<p>I played basketball for my whole life and even played on city leagues after school. I tried out for bball all three years of high school but never made the team even after going through monthes of conditioning and camps. I was wondering is basketball still and EC even though I never made the basketball team in my high school because I just love the game. How can I show colleges that?</p>
<p>If you still played on city leagues while you were in high school, you can state that. Your ECs don't have to be only high-school sanctioned activities.</p>
<p>Essays, the city leagues might count as an EC though.</p>
<p>camps too make it an EC. If you devoted a lot of time to the activity, esp. in any official way as you did you can call it an EC.</p>