I would agree that, despite the fact that overall skill level generally drops quite a bit as you go down the rank from D1, IC athletes typically have higher skill levels than club or intramural athletes. But that doesn't rule out the possibility of having very skilled athletes in club sports that are not offered at the IC level, especially somewhere like USCGA, where the interest in attending that one, specific school outweighs the interest in competing on an IC basis in a certain sport. I could certainly see national level athletes in hockey, rugby, triathlon, etc. attending USCGA instead of a school where they would be varsity members.