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Originally Posted by Alfisti
So is she likely to get a scholarship? Asking because my 13 year old can play at a decent level.
The university entry system in North America is a farce of the highest order btw... foster's cats....like ffs i mean great kid but fuck me dead why does that matter. Ridiculous system.
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My daughter will get a D1 full ride. There's little doubt in that when over 100 D1 programs have reached out to her in the last year. There have been huge changes to the NCAA and roster limits for the 2025 fall season in womens college VB which plays into her favor as well. There are no more walk-ons. All players will get an athletic scholarship. Some will also get full academic.
And yeah, it does mean something to college coaches that recruits show that they have a life outside of sports, do things for the community, and take school and grades very seriously. She doesn't do this stuff to impress coaches or us. It's just important to her. We aren't the type of parents that require excellent grades. We just want our kids to do the best they can do and don't half-ass anything.
Does your daughter play club VB? If so, she'll need to be playing "Open" level at recognized multi-day tournaments once she's 14/15 to start getting on college radars as most D1-D3 programs are generally honed in on the open level players vs the other levels. In the US, the levels below open would be USA, Freedom, and a few others. In the US, there about 3500 club teams in my daughter's age group. The colleges are generally looking at the top 100 or so teams or about 1000 girls to field D1-D3 teams. High school VB is pretty meaningless.
Overall, I think club sports in the US is just a HUGE money grab and gives the vast majority of parents false hope of thier kiddo playing in college. Only about 4% of the club vb girl players will play in college and less than 1% D1. The amount of money we spend is staggering when travel and training are factored in. It's around $8k-10k/yr for us but being open level, we do travel nationally about 4 times a year for 3-4 day tournaments.