“I’m having so much fun, and I can’t imagine not playing,” senior Skylar Dorsey said. Dorsey is a senior athlete who plays shooting guard in basketball and setter in volleyball, and she is a captain of the varsity volleyball team. Dorsey plans to play volleyball when she attends college because she says that she cannot imagine not continuing her athletic career.
According to Scholarshipstats.com, only a little over 7 percent of high school athletes continue to play their sport in college. “Less than 2% of high school athletes (1 in 57) go on to play at NCAA Division I schools.”
There are many major differences between high school athletics and college athletics. Many of these differences can change the minds of high school athletes regarding their choice to continue playing their sport in college. According to Keegan Fornoff from “Study Breaks Magazine,” in-season, an athlete’s life will be their sport: “A weekly schedule will include: lifting sessions, pregame meals, team study hall, travel days, game days, practices, meetings, team community service and film sessions, and that is not even including regular classes or time to sleep.”
High school seniors have the decision to make before they enter college whether to play their sport or not. There is a small percentage of high school athletes who will continue to play their sport once they have entered college, but many decide against it.
