It helps to hear stories like this.
realistically playing 2 div I sports?
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It helps to hear stories like this.
Amazing to hear such a positive story.
My DD1's first and only goal is to play softball for as long as she can. She dreams she can take it to a level beyond college. I have doubts she will be able to do that.
Saying top 200 D1 is the same thing as saying bottom 1/3 of D1. 205 out of 295 D1 schools according to the Massey Ratings. I know I am nitpicking, but I just wanted a reason post this link. LOL!
If you haven't seen the Massey Ratings and you are into statistical outcomes, this is a cool site.
https://www.masseyratings.com/csoft/11590/ratings
Roger that. Thanks for the link.
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Don't kill her dream. She is 13! Let her dream of playing multiple sports. She will figure it all out.
1) I don't think anyone answered yet, but I am 99% sure you can't "stack" athletic scholarships. I know that football players who play multiple sports have to be on a football scholarship so that football coaches and unsavory ADs don't award other scholarships to football players so they can have more than 85 scholarship players.
2) There are girls capable of playing multiple sports at the D1 level but it has to be figured out during the recruiting process. If you are a good enough player, a coach will let you do it to get you to commit to their team. The fall/spring dual sport athlete is the most common but I have seen a girl playing hoops and softball and both coaches were supportive because they both wanted her on the team. However, that same girl had offers from other schools in both sports but almost all those offers were single sport only so her school choices were severely limited by her desire to play two sports. If a player is THAT good the softball coach won't mind her missing fall practice and exhibition games to play soccer or something else. It's not like they are goofing off. They are lifting and conditioning and playing a sport.
Edit: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tam/genrel/auto_pdf/comp101-4-multi-sport-sas.pdf
Good link that explains multiple sport athletes and D1 scholarship rules.
1) I don't think anyone answered yet, but I am 99% sure you can't "stack" athletic scholarships. I know that football players who play multiple sports have to be on a football scholarship so that football coaches and unsavory ADs don't award other scholarships to football players so they can have more than 85 scholarship players.
2) There are girls capable of playing multiple sports at the D1 level but it has to be figured out during the recruiting process. If you are a good enough player, a coach will let you do it to get you to commit to their team. The fall/spring dual sport athlete is the most common but I have seen a girl playing hoops and softball and both coaches were supportive because they both wanted her on the team. However, that same girl had offers from other schools in both sports but almost all those offers were single sport only so her school choices were severely limited by her desire to play two sports. If a player is THAT good the softball coach won't mind her missing fall practice and exhibition games to play soccer or something else. It's not like they are goofing off. They are lifting and conditioning and playing a sport.
Edit: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tam/genrel/auto_pdf/comp101-4-multi-sport-sas.pdf
Good link that explains multiple sport athletes and D1 scholarship rules.
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I guess my main concern is that the amount of time spent on the other sport would be better spent on the sport she eventually plays in college, since they players she's competing with are playing year round in both sports and getting more work in to be even better. Yes, there is some overlap with field hockey to softball (e.g. speed, agility, upper body strength, conditioning, mental toughness, etc. ), but not much vice versa, and very different skill sets.
Thanks for input though!
