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F A MI L Y
What Does READING
Have To Do With Sports?
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While learning about college level sports the NCAA came to mind. Each state is di erent but in the article written by Dr. Bruce J. Bukowski,” A Comparison of Academic Athletic Eligibility in Interscholastic Sports in American High Schools” states that GPA varied across the 125 schools studied but the average needs to be 2.0 – 2.5 to move onto the college level. (Bukowski, 2018) The recruitment for high school athletes occurs throughout the year. Check out the 2019 –2020 calendar here.
What’s it take to be eligible to apply for
Division I or II status?
1. First, you would need to create an account here 2. Transcripts
3. Test scores (ACT, SAT)
4. Proof of high school graduation
There it is proof of high school graduation. If you cannot graduate or have a high enough score on an ACT or SAT to get into that dream school, those transcripts are going, to tell the truth. On those grad- uating transcripts, it will show grades during your entire high school career.
The high school career begins when that dreamer starts playing little league. Sure there is pressure to hit that home run, run in that touchdown or score that goal. The most important things are grades and that high school career if that dreamer wants to play college sports. What are the odds of going
by Ann Mitchell, Castle Rock Online Reading Tutor
straight to the Pros? Here is what we found is that approximately8inevery10,000collegelevelplayers move on the professional level. Based upon the article (2018) 1.5%of high school athletes make it straight to the pro league.
So what does Reading have to do with Sports?
If you have a child who has just started in that little league (a dreamer) who thinks they could go and be the big pro player and struggles with reading. Contact Castle Rock Online Reading Tutor, I will be more than happy to help support your child in reading or direct them to an ACT or SAT tutor.
his time of year is so busy. Parents and their kids are wrapping up Summertime projects and returning to school. Many sports teams are getting ready to start their seasons. Whether it is little league or the big league, reading is a major part of learning the sport. Kids always dream of being the big football or tennis star. What are some of the requirements of becoming a college-bound football player for example?
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