All select sports can require quite a time commitment from parents. We got our lives back. With the time, the travel and the money spent, many of the select kids and parents are looking for a payoff, a college scholarship. That's Ariel Ebeling's goal, and that of many other volleyball players. With the expense of college, people are looking to get their school paid for.
Select teams provide convenient, one-stop shopping for college coaches.
At tournaments they can see hundreds of top athletes, rather than the couple they might find at a top-level high school game. Big tournaments are often scheduled when college coaches are out of their season, so that they can attend. The Capital Soccer Club is known for having college connections. Under-20 boys national team, estimates that he has had 150 to 200 players in his programs receive scholarships over the years. One of Capital's success stories is Ben Crawley, who played for three national championship teams at the University of Virginia after playing at Westlake High School.