
"[O]f the nearly 8 million students currently participating in high school athletics in the United States, only 480,000 of them will compete at NCAA schools. And of that group, only a fraction will realize their goal of becoming a professional athlete. For the rest, the experiences of college athletics and the life lessons they learn along the way will help them as they pursue careers in other fields." Life's a Game...Prepare, Practice, Play Hard, Win...Take it 2 the Rim! 2TRonline.com www.ncaa.org/about/resources/research/probability-competing-beyond-high-school