Academy Soccer Stars Still Honored by Schools They Didn't Play For as Seniors
Schools had to decide if they wanted to recognize students who were athletes but had left prep programs to play for Academy soccer programs under new national guidelines.
To celebrate or not celebrate, that was the question. As many high schools seniors around the area made their college choices official by signing and submitting their national letters of intent last week, followed by ceremonies to recognize the athletes for their accomplishment, schools faced something of a conundrum: Do you celebrate athletes who in part may have earned their college scholarships based on what they did away from the high school playing fields? With USA Soccer's decision to force elite prep soccer players to choose between their high schools and their academy programs in effect for the first time this season, traditional St. Louis soccer programs like De Smet Jesuit, CBC and Priory each faced that decision. Brian Hail, the…
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