My D3 athlete and serious musician decided between his sport and music during junior year. With hours of sports practice and travel for matches, IB classes, school music commitments, private lessons, youth orchestra etc. – my kid couldn’t find enough hours in the day. Plus there was tension between the sports and music leadership about who was getting him. I’m sure there are other kids who could make it work – more talented, different sport involving less travel. We did meet with music faculty for his instrument at schools where he was being recruited as an athlete by to discuss options short of music performance major and those conversations helped him in interviews, essays etc. Music was always the “extra” in his application, never something which was going to get him into the school.
As others have said, it’s unlikely that a coach would risk a serious recruit’s admission by trusting the kid will get in as a regular admit. At a non-conservatory school, musicians – like other amazingly talented kids – are in the regular bucket used to create a diverse and interesting class.