Recruiting for sports at prep schools?

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<p>"Squash skills can also help students get into the selective prep schools that are feeder schools for top universities. Kirk Randall, the varsity boys and girls squash coach at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H., said his school had recently christened 10 new squash courts, financed by alumni, and another six on the way. </p>

<p>And yes, Exeter recruits. “We do have contact with our admissions people,” Mr. Randall said, “and we do try to put in a plug for the kids we’d like to have here, as long as academically qualified.” </p>

<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/fashion/09squash.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&sq=squash%20phillips%20exeter&st=nyt&scp=1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/fashion/09squash.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&sq=squash%20phillips%20exeter&st=nyt&scp=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>This article is about squash, but to what extent do boarding schools recruit for all other sports? Any first-hand experiences?</p>