Some kids do sports AND MUN. Just saying.
Nobody is saying sports are “lesser” but being a varsity athlete isn’t uncommon/unique either and the value in an application diminishes when one isn’t recruitable.
And I do value the time commitment. I had one kid playing a sport at the highest level and juggling 2-3 teams at a time playing 7 days per week and the other committed 18 hours per week to performing arts (and needed to shower 
). Both still did other activities.
It’s not that your child won’t have great success getting into her chosen colleges, just an opinion that one shouldn’t overweight the impact of the athletics both overall and relative to other activities.