Post by k on Nov 8, 2008 9:55:18 GMT -6
I've got a kid who is about to apply for early admission to a local school. He wants to try to walk on to their football program but it is a D1 school that has been top 25 the last couple years.
Kid is a great kid. Universal choice for Captain, 1200 SATs, high honors, outstanding leader, two way starter for us for the last two years (only a two year player), study body president, senior class treasurer, etc. The kind of kid who most coaches dream of having in their program. Our HC (a former D1 position coach and special teams coordinator) has said several times "Every D3 school in the country would love to have him." He will no doubt be an all league safety and would have been a all league receiver but was moved to QB due to us losing ours. He should have been an all league receiver last year but was just overshadowed by another of our receivers.
Here is the issue: He is looking to attend a school with a strong Kinesiology department but it has the requirement not being an expensive school. I'd like to be able to suggest an alternative than him attending my alma mater but tuition is only $7,500 in state here and is a "public ivy." Because he is a lot better than kids who have walked onto this particular program in the last couple of years I know he can walk on and be part of the team but I'm not sure what kind of chance he'd have to actually play on Saturdays here.
Does anyone know of a D2/D3 football school with strong academics and a strong kinesiology department that I might be able to suggest that he look into?
Thanks
Kid is a great kid. Universal choice for Captain, 1200 SATs, high honors, outstanding leader, two way starter for us for the last two years (only a two year player), study body president, senior class treasurer, etc. The kind of kid who most coaches dream of having in their program. Our HC (a former D1 position coach and special teams coordinator) has said several times "Every D3 school in the country would love to have him." He will no doubt be an all league safety and would have been a all league receiver but was moved to QB due to us losing ours. He should have been an all league receiver last year but was just overshadowed by another of our receivers.
Here is the issue: He is looking to attend a school with a strong Kinesiology department but it has the requirement not being an expensive school. I'd like to be able to suggest an alternative than him attending my alma mater but tuition is only $7,500 in state here and is a "public ivy." Because he is a lot better than kids who have walked onto this particular program in the last couple of years I know he can walk on and be part of the team but I'm not sure what kind of chance he'd have to actually play on Saturdays here.
Does anyone know of a D2/D3 football school with strong academics and a strong kinesiology department that I might be able to suggest that he look into?
Thanks
