Athlete recruitment...

TheGFG
Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:37:56 +0000

To quote from the viewbook my daughter received:
“If Stanford athletes had represented a single country in recent Olympic competitions, their medals would have placed it seventh in the world.”

Stanford recruits some of the best young athletes in America. Some of my child’s teammates are national champions, several have and will represent the USA in international youth competitions, some will likely be competing in the Olympics in Greece. In non-Olympic sports, Stanford athletes will go on to play in professional leagues. I don’t know why anyone thinks an ordinary high school varsity athlete could just walk-on at Stanford. There may be a few isolated examples, like the coxswain in crew, where this happens, but it just can’t be the norm.