Should You Consider NCAA Division 3 Colleges as a Student Athlete

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Most high school student-athletes get a little tunnel vision as they are considering where to play college sports. They tend to focus on all the well known, NCAA Division I colleges that they see on tv. A lot of them are not aware that the biggest NCAA Division is actually Division III. Over 200,000 student-athletes play at the D3 level, so learning more about the opportunities in D3 can help student-athletes weight the benefits and the drawbacks as they develop their own college recruiting campaigns and build their final college application lists.

In this episode I share an overview and some of the things you should consider when evaluating NCAA Division 3 colleges as an option for your recruiting and college lists.

Chapters 00:00 Introduction and context of the conversation 00:25 Purpose of this episode, should you consider NCAA Division III 01:50 An overview of NCAA Division III 05:52 NCAA Division III is student-athlete focused, balanced approach 07:53 What does an NCAA Division III college campus look like 11:31 High level sports at the D3 level, finding your athletic fit 13:11 Is no athletic scholarships actually a drawback of Division 3? 16:32 Some drawbacks to consider, size, activities, big sports events 19:15 Episode wrap up and how to learn more