[Noah930]

People are going to call me sexist, but IMO it's easier to get a scholarship for women's lax than men's. I think it'll be challenging (though not impossible) for a newbie to pick up lax as a HS freshman and in 3 years develop the skills to become recruited at a D1 school. I confess that I don't know if D3 schools offer scholarships for lax. FWIW, the Ivy League offers no athletic scholarships.

If you stop playing a sport for which you've gotten a scholarship, I think the school does stop paying your way. They'll take the money they would have given to you, and spend it on another kid who's actually playing the sport.

I can't speak for other sports, and different sports require different amounts of time for training, but I would consider playing a sport in college equivalent (time wise) to carrying a part-time to full-time job. There's a reason the NCAA limits teams to 20 hours of practice per week (not including conditioning and captain-led drills pre-practice). Add in that time, watching game films, pre-practice stretching, post-practice running, and travel for away games, and it's an easy 40 hours per week.