High School Distance Recruit - University of Alabama and Other SEC Schools

Finished 1, 2, 3 at SEC XC Championship and stil couldn't win.

I think Alabama will be looking for 2 more Kenyans.

I hear you. I'm not sure how many Kenyans they can get though and like I said the ones that are there will be gone soon. I'm not looking to be All SEC but maybe I could compete and come in 4th or 5th after a or two. Since I'm not going to make a career out of it, I would like a place that has a good team environment. Where I can get an undergrad education without breaking the bank and can get good grades to set myself up for grad school.

Anybody, anybody....

Are you looking to walk-on?

They may let you walk on if your grades are solid.

If you're in the Midwest, why do you want to go to Alabama/ the SEC? There are plenty of decent Big 10 (and other) schools in the Midwest that I would recommend long before Alabama. For that matter, there are good ACC schools in the east and good PAC 12 schools in the west. The south is probably the last region I would recommend going to for a distance runner.

No scholarship? wrote:

Are you looking to walk-on?

They may let you walk on if your grades are solid.

I would like to be a recruited walk on I guess. I would like an athletic scholarship but understand that most likely will not happen. An academic scholarship is better anyway because if I can't run I still get it as long as I get good grades.

ExO wrote:

If you're in the Midwest, why do you want to go to Alabama/ the SEC? There are plenty of decent Big 10 (and other) schools in the Midwest that I would recommend long before Alabama. For that matter, there are good ACC schools in the east and good PAC 12 schools in the west. The south is probably the last region I would recommend going to for a distance runner.

Cost is a big factor. They have huge academic scholarships. I may go to a school in my state but I'm curious about Alabama.

I can't afford to go to any out of state school unless I get a large scholarship of some kind.

ahhhhhh wrote:

ExO wrote:

If you're in the Midwest, why do you want to go to Alabama/ the SEC? There are plenty of decent Big 10 (and other) schools in the Midwest that I would recommend long before Alabama. For that matter, there are good ACC schools in the east and good PAC 12 schools in the west. The south is probably the last region I would recommend going to for a distance runner.

Cost is a big factor. They have huge academic scholarships. I may go to a school in my state but I'm curious about Alabama.

I can't afford to go to any out of state school unless I get a large scholarship of some kind.

Other SEC schools have large academic scholarships too but Alabama has arguably the best.

What is your intended major?

What is your unweighted GPA and what are your test scores? It's tough to give advice without knowing what the benchmark is for the Alabama scholarship you are eyeing.

ahhhhhh wrote:

I hear you. I'm not sure how many Kenyans they can get though and like I said the ones that are there will be gone soon. I'm not looking to be All SEC but maybe I could compete and come in 4th or 5th after a or two. Since I'm not going to make a career out of it, I would like a place that has a good team environment. Where I can get an undergrad education without breaking the bank and can get good grades to set myself up for grad school.

Anybody, anybody....

Alabama, unless you aren't very smart. If you took tough classes and got excellent grades, you may get a full ride academic ride.

As for running? Tribble, I hear, is okay, but not the best (too many tired runners too often).

ExO wrote:

If you're in the Midwest, why do you want to go to Alabama/ the SEC? There are plenty of decent Big 10 (and other) schools in the Midwest that I would recommend long before Alabama. For that matter, there are good ACC schools in the east and good PAC 12 schools in the west. The south is probably the last region I would recommend going to for a distance runner.

But the midwest schools won't give him any money.

SEC Baby!!! wrote:

ahhhhhh wrote:

I hear you. I'm not sure how many Kenyans they can get though and like I said the ones that are there will be gone soon. I'm not looking to be All SEC but maybe I could compete and come in 4th or 5th after a or two. Since I'm not going to make a career out of it, I would like a place that has a good team environment. Where I can get an undergrad education without breaking the bank and can get good grades to set myself up for grad school.

Anybody, anybody....

Alabama, unless you aren't very smart. If you took tough classes and got excellent grades, you may get a full ride academic ride.

As for running? Tribble, I hear, is okay, but not the best (too many tired runners too often).

"Tough classes" don't enter into it at most of these public universities in the South. They have OOS Academic Scholarships that only care about the unweighted GPA and test scores and, for practical purposes, really just the test scores.

Alabama requires an unweighted 3.5 for the OOS scholarships, but doesn't give any more for a 4.0 than a 3.5. Your ACT or SAT score determines the scholarship once you have a 3.5.

Also, Alabama significantly reduced the OOS scholarships this year and made the requirements to get them harder.

I assume by the OP's statements he has the 3.5, what's the ACT?

For example, with a 3.5 and a 33, he's still looking at $16Kish a year for Alabama. And no, that's not a full academic ride.

Adam Tribble is the Girls coach. Dan Waters is the Mens coach.

Does it need to be an SEC school?

Most of the SEC teams are going to put scholarship money into sprints/hurdles, jumps, and throws.

That being said...A&M is pretty good about walk-on spots and you will likely get a lot of racing opportunities as they host several home XC and indoor meets. Scholarship money would be hard to come by from an athletic standpoint, though.

There is an insane number of good looking girls in Tuscaloosa. They are attracted to athletes and frat-daddies and like to have fun. Don't know if they will go for a scrawny distance runner but there is plenty to go around so you should do alright.

XC Coach wrote:

What is your intended major?

Probably computer science.

I have only taken the SAT once but I got 1500 and my unweighted GPA is a 3.8

I have only taken the SAT once but I got 1500 and my unweighted GPA is a 3.8.

That qualifies for 25,000 a year

I think it's 2,500 a year more for a STEM major.

Texas HS Coach wrote:

Does it need to be an SEC school?

Most of the SEC teams are going to put scholarship money into sprints/hurdles, jumps, and throws.

That being said...A&M is pretty good about walk-on spots and you will likely get a lot of racing opportunities as they host several home XC and indoor meets. Scholarship money would be hard to come by from an athletic standpoint, though.

It doesn't need to be an SEC school but I would like to keep the cost below $20,000 a year. I don't know too much about A&M but I don't think they have a lot of big academic scholarships.