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So you think your kid can play college sports….
April 17, 2015, 7:23 pm
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Just as an FYI. You think your kid can play beyond high school? About 7% in total of all athletes in all sports men and women in high school actually play a sport in college at any level in college. Division 1,2,3, etc. This chart really breaks it down by sport by division etc. Just a great reality check for some of my friends out there who have a certain vision of their kid….

Chances of a High School Athlete playing College Sports Scholarship
Stats.com

What are the chances of a high school athlete making the transition to the college level? We compared the number of athletes participating in varsity sports at US high schools during the 2013-14 school year to the number of college student athletes and arrived at the following percentages. Overall a little over 7% of high school athletes (about 1 in 14) went on to play a varsity sport in college, and about 2% of high school athletes (1 in 50) went on to play at the NCAA Division I level:

http://www.scholarshipstats.com/varsityodds.html


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