<p>While there have been some very good athletes at Middlebury over the years, I doubt that many would be considered “great”.</p>
<p>Moreover, D3 is not the highest level of any of the sports being played at Middlebury. By definition, Middlebury athletes, even the recruited ones, are several levels down from recruited athletes at BC or Georgetown. </p>
<p>However, I do agree that participation in sports is good life training. But discipline, self confidence, desire to win, etc, are all traits that can be found in kids that want to continue to play sports in college and meet Middlebury’s non athlete admissions standards. They may not be as physically talented as the 1300 SAT, 3.0 HS GPA types, but so what?</p>