<p>The Ivy's do make first contact in recruiting track and field athletes. My S., in Sept of his senior year received personalized letters from Dartmouth and Yale with comments about his accomplishments (State Champ in two events).<br>
As others have stated, in track and field it is easy to identify talented athletes using the readily available standardized times and distances. In New England the coaches can review the performance lists and competition results from the New England Championships where the top few high school performers from all the New England individual state championship meets, are invited to compete against one another . So, a list of all the top kids can be found with a quick key stroke - kind of like the common data sets!
<a href="http://cnesspa.ezstream.net/index.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://cnesspa.ezstream.net/index.cfm</a></p>
<p>cur and JHS,</p>
<p>Okay, okay I give in! I retract my baseball story!!! LOL</p>
<p>(Not because it is not true, but because I don't have any more details to give you!)</p>
<p>My whole point in bringing it up was to give a possible example of an Ivy Coach actively "recruiting" an athlete after early decision has come and gone because the coach obviously didn't get all he wanted in the first round.</p>
<p>BTW, if I find out any more details, I will fill you in!</p>
<p>My son was dropped from consideration for a team during the recruitment process. Phone calls never came, no e-mails, no mail, etc. Pretty clear what had happened. He even knew who had bumped him athlete wise and it was a good choice for the coach and team. But, the app was with the adcoms, and even without the coach/sport, he got in. Suddenly when it became decision time, (in my opinion, my scenario), the coach discovers that my son has been accepted. A freebie for the coach, a bonus, etc, because though son was not chosen as a recruit, he would still be a very valuable addition to the team. So the courtship resumed. Son said no, but had it been an ivy league school, it just might have turned his head even though he had made his choice already. </p>
<p>I could describe what happened here in many ways even without embellishing it. If I chose to exaggerate, it could make a great recruiting story. I don't believe for a moment that my son suddenly became "hot" for the coach for any reason other than he was now accepted to the school, and it was just now a matter of having come that would get him on the team. He was not worth the effort and "manna" it would have taken to put him on the wanted list for admissions, but if he got in on his old, heck, they wanted him.</p>
<p>One of my brother's ex girlfriends was one of Yale's top tennis players. She was pretty hot stuff in high school. No recruiting at all, however. She applied, let the coaches know at all of her schools, she got in. But no one came knocking at her door. Even our friend whose daughter did get into UVA on a partial athletic scholarship (with stats that would not have gotten her in the door academically) was not recruited. She had to contact the coaches. I am not saying that no one get contacted, but of those I know, the athlete or someone on the athlete's behalf contacted the coach. And that even goes for a female soccer player I know who was "recruited" by Ohio State. (I know the parents well, and, I know they felt this whole recruitment thing was a letdown) Though the coaches were interested, many times the letters were not personal if any were received, and were often to everyone who made a certain time standard at a certain event or played at a certain tournament. When YOU contact the coach, that is when things got personal. My friend whose son now has the 5 offers, was biting her nails till they came in. THere was no clear indication that anything was forthcoming. Yes, the coaches were interested in him and gave him a recruiting visit. But at one visit, he was dumped when someone the coach wanted more showed up. (still got accepted at that school) .THere was no big clamor for the young man and he is in a prime sport for recruitment --football. And clearly they want him as he now has the "early writes" in hand.</p>