redlight

I was not a recruited athlete, but I am very interested in doing several sports, like maybe swimming or cross country. Is it possible to walk onto the team? Do most Grinnell athletes do that (just walk on) or are most of them recruited?

How do I just "walk on"?

And does anyone have a list of the intramurals at Grinnell?

M's Mom

S was a 'walk on' for both the swim and water polo teams. He just showed up at the practices regularly. He'd never played water polo before, so even prior experience isn't required.

Perhaps others can answer the rest of your questions.

bethievt

It's a little harder to access on the website that you'd think, but if you click on athletics and then intramurals and then the schedules you can see what is offered. There are 15 IMs and a bunch of club sports.

rpo272

When I went to the Admitted Students Day I talked to the director of club sports who is also the assistant swimming and diving coach and he was very positive about just 'walking on' (I plan to do that as well) to the sports teams. This is one of the reasons I really like Grinnell. If you want more info on intermurals I would get his contact info from the website.

CenterUSdad

Gosh, what I remember about sports at Grinnell - very laid back for the most part. Even the competitive teams were really open to the walk ons and they always seemed to get playing time that wasn't just mop up. The intramural scene was hilarious. The basketball was very serious with recruiting for teams going on the first day on campus and bribes of different sorts being passed back and forth. The flag football was very Kubrickian with a lot of bizarre gamesmanship and even more bizarre plays. The softball was sort of a fog - did we actually play softball. And the ultimate frisbee was a post modern morality play in which those who were always picked last in other sports became kings. Sports at Grinnell was a trip.

baseball24

What other schools have similar walk on policies, and a chance for non recruited kids to play?