A good friend talked to me about her son’s college options few years back. He was a ranked swimmer and wanted to go to a D1 school for swimming. At that time I said to her that he shouldn’t pick a school because of sports. He should still like the school without swimming. He ended up picking a school where he could swim D1 even though it was not the best fit for him. He quit swimming after one year because of its intensity and it was effecting his grades. This is something I have heard over and over again. College sports are very different than high school sports. The intensity is different and time commitment is a lot higher.
A good education will stay with you forever, college sports will end after college unless you decide to go pro.