You’re not getting a college scholarship.
The number of athletic scholarships given out to high school athletes each year is very small. Many talented high school athletes think they are going to receive a full athletic scholarship.
The fact of the matter is, an athletic scholarship is not in the future for many of these high school athletes.
Just because you may happen to be the best athlete on your team or even in your home town does not guarantee you a full athletic scholarship. I would think most high school athletes would have a better chance of winning the lottery than getting a full athletic scholarship.
There are limits to everything. There are only so many scholarships awarded each and every year at the major college level.
A college coach may really like you as an athlete and may really want you to be a member of their program but, they could like someone just as much as they like you but who do you think is going to get that scholarship?
If you happen to be the unfortunate one that’s not chosen to receive a full athletic scholarship, you more than likely would be asked to be a preferred walk-on which basically means they like you, but not that much.
Many high school student athletes would be willing to risk everything they’ve got to play at a major college program as a preferred walk-on with the hope of receiving a full scholarship the following year or maybe the year after.
Keep in mind, if you don’t receive an all expense paid education, you will have to apply for financial aid or pick up the costs to pay a for your college education as a preferred walk-on.
That’s too big of a risk for me!!!!!
The alternative is to play college sports at a division two or division three college programs. Now many high school student athletes and parents may be somewhat turned off by those possibilities, but the reason you’re going to college in the first place is to get an education.
No, division two and division three college programs don’t play on television, you’re not going to show up every night on ESPN and your friends and family will more than likely never see you play a game on television and that really sucks.
In my opinion, that’s really no big deal because the bottom line for high school athletes is to go somewhere and have the opportunity to become a starter your entire athletic career.
You will remember your athletic experiences, good or bad, for the rest of your life so go somewhere and play and have fun doing so!
