Walking on in D3 Basketball

gardenstategal
Sun, 01 Aug 2021 16:33:12 +0000

It can vary by school and by year. I know a girl in a different sport who had been on her national team who had to plead with the coach to “watch what I can do.”. She did end up with a roster spot but it was surprisingly difficult (and she was stellar for her college team).

In DS’ sport, there were only 1 or 2 “unallocated” spots available for walk-ons at some schools. Some coaches encouraged club play for freshman year and were happy to consider having those players sophomore year. Other coaches reached out to him when he had an RD offer, had him come play during a revisit and offered him a roster spot. In each case, it was really a matter of where these teams were in terms of personnel.

I agree that getting film together and talking to coaches about the process could be helpful.