<p>Ok so it's not exactly lying. My Lacrosse coach is the laziest person to walk the face of the earth and pretty much isn't even a coach, we coach ourselves. He said that he was going to give us all Varsity Letters all 3 years, but he never followed through so we never got Varsity Letters. Would it be really wrong to say that I earned a Varsity Letter? Is there any way for the colleges to validate that I did or did not officially receive one?</p>
<p>If you were on varsity, you earned the letter regardless if he actually gave it to you.</p>
<p>Is there some documentation of being on varsity? Pictures and name in yearbook of you on the lax team? Did you play other varsity lax teams in your league? Now might be the time to ask the athletic director or coach for a certificate that says Varsity.</p>
<p>You need to talk to your AD. I know that some high schools require you to have played in a certain % of Varsity Games to be varsity lettered. For example, at our school, you need to have actually played an average of 50% or more of the time in the games. (not just have been dressed for Varsity but only got into the games for a few minutes here or there). You need to get this straightened out with your AD. It would be a shame to get caught up in something like this if the college were to find out. The AD should be able to help you or at least e-mail/tell your guidance counselor that you were in fact Varsity lettered so someone can back you up if necessary.</p>
<p>i mean there are newspaper articles and stuff about the team with my name in it, and my stats are on my schools website. is that good enough to vouch for the varsity letter?</p>
<p>^ I think that’s fine.
If he’s such a lazy creepy person, coerce him to write one. It is your education, and he’s paid to do his job, and not just sitting there to watch people playing games.
If he doesn’t, speak to the counselor right away. Make the school acknowledge the problem!</p>
<p>I second the recommendation to talk to your athletic director. There is participation in a varsity sport and then there is earning a letter in a varsity sport. Your AD should be able to tell how your school distinguishes between the two. I do not think you should say that you earned a varsity letter until you have confirmation from your school that you did. That would be a lie.</p>
<p>talk to him about it first</p>
<p>Ummmmm . . . not OK to lie . . . and you really don’t have to as long as you get away from focusing on the trophy and focus instead on the accomplishment . . . the former is “The Varsity Letter” and the latter is “played Varsity Lacrosse 3 years playing ____________<em>, averaging _</em> minutes per game” . . . if you were a starter you can say that . . . if you were a sub you can say that</p>
<p>whatever you do, keep it simple; it’s risky to claim something that you don’t have backup for, and it sounds like your school isn’t providing backup for The Varsity Letter</p>
<p>P.S. And talk to AD to see if he/she can arrange The Varsity Letter</p>
<p>Just don’t say that you “recieved a varsity letter”. Say that you “lettered in Lacrosse” or “played varsity Lacrosse”. Then you’ll be telling the truth.</p>
<p>Kei-o-lei is correct. Just state that you played varsity (assuming you did play against other schools’ varsity teams). You do not need to list that you earned three varsity letters.</p>
<p>In my school you can’t get three varsity letters, only one. After two seasons in any varsity sport you can get a letter (I got my letter in the end of 9th grade by playing in soccer and as a starter in volleyball). After that you could collect points for a star next to the letter. With the letter you should get a diploma.</p>
<p>In the big picture, this is really only a problem if you are a recruited athlete or hoping your sport will help you with admissions (through the college coach). If so, I would most definitely follow up with the athletic director of your high school. If you are not playing in college or plan of playing recreationally, just mentioning that you were varsity 3 years and the accomplishments you achieved are enough (first string, playing time, tourneys/titles won, stats). Had a D that rowed in HS and went through all this (NCAA) 2 years ago.</p>