Being recruited for sports, how does that work?

Just wanted to let some folks know that especially for non-revenue sports, even though one is a "recruited athlete", one may still have to prove himself and "try out" for the team, after BCT.

It's not like at a civ college where someone is a soccer player on scholarship. At USAFA, one is a cadet who is also on a DI team.
 
fencersmother said:
Just wanted to let some folks know that especially for non-revenue sports, even though one is a "recruited athlete", one may still have to prove himself and "try out" for the team, after BCT.

It's not like at a civ college where someone is a soccer player on scholarship. At USAFA, one is a cadet who is also on a DI team.
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And the coaches can, and do, cut players - even recruited players, even players who are past their first year. The natural attrition rate is also generally higher at SAs, because students often find that the academic and military demands are too much to balance with a varsity sport. Fortunately, the club and intramural teams are generally quite competitive and fun (they're stacked with great athletes, after all), so you can still play for the love of your sport without having the additional responsibilities of being a D-I athlete, which are considerable and year-round.
 
I remember my son's 2* year as a Physics major, he had 27 credits that semester, which included FOUR LAB SCIENCES. With all the responsibilities of his D-1 sport (I'll let you figure out WHICH sport :) ), he about went insane. He could not just skip the labs because the team was out of town, and couldn't just skip a tournament since he was on the team. When he was home on spring break for three days, he slept 16 hours each those first two days, and ate his way through the third.
 
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