- Feb 7, 2013
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At DD's HS, every student is required to take P.E. their freshman and sophomore years and softball fulfills that requirement. Some students who are not dedicated to softball will choose not to play their junior/senior years and will take other electives. Others play for a variety of reasons, for DD, she gave up travel ball last year and HS ball gives her the opportunity to play softball without the time commitment of travel ball. She also likes playing with girls she grew up with (which wasn't the case with on her travel ball teams). She likes playing for her school and it's a nice break from her AP/honors classes. Lastly, I have heard from a few college consultants that on college applications it's a positive to show that you played all 4 years of a HS sport while still maintaining good grades, etc. Not a huge factor but one of many extracurricular factors that might make a difference between two equal college applicants.