Recruting Agent's perspective - Academics vs money

kchendds
Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:56:42 +0000

Dreadpirit, my apologies if I came out too strong. I think I am still dealing with the frustration from the team. A mom whose daughter was verbally and physically abusive towards D, was trying to accuse D being wrong by saying that she heard athletes in UCLA stick together as a team no matter what. But she definitely omitted the part of studying together. I think the balance of being a scholar athlete on playing and studying isn’t happening in her club. Also D is also the only one always sets up for practice. The girls think D is a team captain and she should take care of that and she should compromise with her well being for their preferences.

That’s why when you brought up D1’s culture on doing sports and school, I got stuck with the comments from that mom. Again, my apology!

You are right about the balance of both and I think doing well in HS academically and to be able to get to the right college is one of the most important things for D now. If D was good enough, I wouldn’t think she would say “no” to a D1 school and trying to balance both. Again thanks for your comments.