Club Sports

Embracethemess
Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:30:21 +0000

Hi NYMiz, my S is also a Varsity athlete that can’t imagine not playing sports, particularly baseball. Elon is currently his #1, partially because of the Club sport opportunity. He has a classmate/fellow athlete from HS that is currently a soph at Elon and on the club baseball team. He loves it! He told S that they practice Tues & Thurs 4-6, with optional BP on Friday afternoons. Practices are not mandatory, and I do not believe that there are try-outs, but not sure about that. Friend was a solid player at a small public HS, not a standout, so I don’t think it is ultra-competitive. There is also a social aspect to club sports, he said the bball team hosts several parties a year, and he enjoys the opportunity it has given him to interact with upperclassmen. They travel to several NC schools to play, including Wake, Davidson, Coastal Carolina, I think UNC, etc. I think they play mostly on the week-ends. They do play some in the fall as well, but it is a limited season, not overwhelming. Overall, the time commitment is way less than it obviously is for the varsity program, but also than it would be for a D3 team, which S was originally considering until he realized that it would dominate his college experience.

We went to visit Elon over President’s week-end in February. They had their Varsity baseball home opener on Saturday, it was 65 degrees, the boys were playing baseball and there was a large and spirited crowd at the game. S was sold on the school from that experience alone! :)

He also likes the wide variety of intramural sports. He is quarterback for his HS football team, but has no interest in playing in college. But…they have arena football intramural, which may be right up his alley! It wouldn’t surprise me if he gave rugby a shot, either.

Of course, there are lots of other things to love about Elon, but the sports opportunities is definately a draw for him.

Hope this helps!