Athlete recruitment...

TheGFG
Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:57:11 +0000

I should add that “recruited” does not mean “getting an athletic scholarship.” I think people overestimate that aspect of Stanford’s sports program. Outside of the big sports like football, men’s basketball and baseball, and the sports where if you’re recruited you get a free ride (gymnastics), there just aren’t that many kids getting athletic money. And of those that do, the average amount is around $9000. My daughter only knows for sure of one freshman boy and one girl on her team who are getting athletic money, and they are the super superstars. She thinks, judging by high school accomplishments, that there are at least another freshman boy and girl who’d probably be getting money. The rest are on ordinary financial aid or are receiving nothing at all but the honor of attending one of the best academic universities in the world. There are plenty of parents who’d go into significant debt to give their kids the chance to be trained at Stanford.