Monday, November 19, 2012
Athlete-Student
If you don't know, I play volleyball for both high school and a club team named Stingray. Although many athletes are scouted by colleges through their high school teams, others are also evaluated throughout the club season. For some, club is recreational, but for most girls it is a way to earn scholarships to colleges. For example, a friend of mine has committed to playing for NYU. Until a couple of years ago I was seriously intent on playing volleyball in college. After watching my sister struggle as a student athlete I reconsidered. Although she only played on USC's club filed hockey team, a lesser commitment than Division 1,2, or 3 teams, she still found herself sacrificing time to play. Even friends of mine have difficulty balancing academics and sports at junior colleges, such as West Valley. Regardless of the commitment level, the trend seems to be athlete first, student second. For now, I don't plan on playing sports in college. Although, that doesn't mean if I were to get a scholarship to one of my dream schools I would decline the offer.
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Man that sucks how you have to choose between either becoming more educated or a better athlete. I hope you can find a way to balance the two.
ReplyDeleteYeah that is a bummer but I personally think you're good at academics and sports. Education is pretty important but I hear from college students that colleges look A LOT at extra curricular activities. Education is a road to a better job and sports is a road to better health. You're probably gunna be a super professional olympic gold player, so there's that. I might believe in you too much but that's not a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteNCAA keeps stats on colleges' student-athlete graduation rates. (Notre Dame, for instance, is getting a lot of publicity for being both #1 in football AND in athlete grad rate.)
ReplyDeleteIt's gonna be a struggle no matter where you go, but those grad rates may give you some insight in terms of which universities still believe in STUDENT-athletes.