Indiana: My DD's school peer group is going to be different than amny others, but here's what's been the norm for them:
These athletes (m&f) use their talent as a one up on the other 90% of the prospective students applying to these selective schools, which gives them a very distinct competitve advantage in matriculating to the Tier 1 academic schools.
One of DD's FH team mates as an underclassman just received her LL from the Big Green school in NH - the kid passed on a Big 10 track scholarship in pole vault to accept this LL....same thing happened with her past 2 FH captains - one passed on a Big 10 ride & the other just passed on a Patriot Legaue scholarship to become Quakers. DD's softball captain freshman year is now at Vanderbilt (no soft ball).
DD's hitting coach played Big 10 softball and played in the WCWS. She's back in grad school now - we haven't had the conversation to see if she thought it was worth it all.
I can say for a fact she is a great instructor and person. If her coach was at all instrumental in allowing her to blossom as a young adult, it ceratinly was worth it.
These athletes (m&f) use their talent as a one up on the other 90% of the prospective students applying to these selective schools, which gives them a very distinct competitve advantage in matriculating to the Tier 1 academic schools.
One of DD's FH team mates as an underclassman just received her LL from the Big Green school in NH - the kid passed on a Big 10 track scholarship in pole vault to accept this LL....same thing happened with her past 2 FH captains - one passed on a Big 10 ride & the other just passed on a Patriot Legaue scholarship to become Quakers. DD's softball captain freshman year is now at Vanderbilt (no soft ball).
DD's hitting coach played Big 10 softball and played in the WCWS. She's back in grad school now - we haven't had the conversation to see if she thought it was worth it all.
I can say for a fact she is a great instructor and person. If her coach was at all instrumental in allowing her to blossom as a young adult, it ceratinly was worth it.