<p>On our HS with a graduating class over 400 and competitive sports teams on both the boys and girls side, a few kids (boys and girls) each year go on to D1 sports - swimming, lacrosse, soccer, track in recent years. A few more go on to D3 schools. Nowhere close to 20% however.</p>
<p>The Catholic Prep high schools in the area probably send far more kids to D1 sports. One is particularly strong in lacrosse, another the top HS team nationally for soccer. Not sure if they actively recruit or if the best athletes know these are the schools to go to for their sport. True, perhaps to a lesser extent, at non-Catholic prep schools and certainly at the elite boarding schools. </p>
<p>Many families are in for a rude awakening as the best players in town, or even on a HS team, have no shot at playing in college or at least playing at a college they would otherwise like to attend.</p>