Right place for soccer-playing girl with med/high academics

<p>If she wants to be recruited for soccer, she needs find out what her level is. My friends D plays soccer for a D-1 program, and I can tell you that she could not play tennis and lacrosse since she played club ball year round to be at that level. Her coaches and colleagues who have graduated from her club team would be able to give her some idea of her playing level, along with the highschool coach. Many kids who are standout players in highschool are not even D-3 soccer players for college. The next question is whether she wants to make that kind of commitment to play NCAA soccer. Even D-3 teams can be a huge commitment depending on the school. I know several girls who play club level because they love the sport, but just do not want to put the time that playing for the school would entail. So these are all of the soccer considerations.</p>

<p>As for schools, if she is set on going to a southern school, she might want to look at some programs like Eckerd, Stetson, Rollins for the smaller schools. Davidson would be a reach, Elon is becoming hot, College of Charleston is a wonderful school and Virginia has Mary Washington, James Madison, College of Richmond, all great schools. American is a great name recognition value, as is Catholic. GW treats its athletes very well, and there is a lovely MT Vernon campus for girls. Goucher is a good choice in Maryland as is Loyola for smaller schools. And St Marys College of MD is also a standout.</p>