<p>My sophmore daughter plays high school softball. She is an average player. A great defense player. She is only 5’1’'. What are her chances of playing softball in college. She hasn’t won any sports awards that I see most players receive. She is a very hard worker on and off the field, honor roll student. I know she is probably not a Div l or ll player, but maybe a Div lll player. Any insight would help.</p>
<p>You might want to post over here: [Athletic</a> Recruits - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/athletic-recruits/]Athletic”>Athletic Recruits - College Confidential Forums) . I don’t know how it works with softball. College soccer feeds more off of club than high school. College lacrosse recruits a lot from summer recruiting camps. It really depends on the sport. If your daughter is really interested, I’m sure you’ll get some good info from the athletic recruit forum. (Good first step would be for her to talk with her coach.)</p>
<p>Check out the NAIA schools. Most are pretty small privates, but they can give athletic scholarships.</p>
<p>IMO, the best method to explore sports in college is to first choose colleges she is interested in THEN see what they offer in sports and in her specific sport. If she has some D3 schools on her list, look around their athletic website page - often there is a form that can be submitted online for to indicate if she has any interest in playing.</p>
<p>D1 and D2 are very competitive, very time consuming, very cream of the crop. </p>
<p>She is only a sophomore. When you start your college visits, if you are visiting D3, for now, just ask about the sports team when you are doing your visit. Visit the athletic facilities etc. As a junior she can get more serious if desired about contacting a coach, etc. Or, if she really, really wants to play in college, she should be working really, really hard the next couple of years to get better in her sport.</p>
<p>(also keep in mind that many athletes decide to just play club sports or intramural at college - a perfectly good decision!)</p>