The La Habra senior quarterback chose to pursue an Ivy League education over his dream of playing for a Power Five conference school.
Ryan committed to attend Pennsylvania, where the La Habra High senior will play football for the Quakers, announcingearlier this month. His father also attended an Ivy League school, spending his collegiate years in New York City at Columbia.
Penn was one of the first schools involved when Ryan’s recruitment increased this winter. It pitched him on an Ivy League education and, in March, offered him an opportunity to play quarterback. A week later, Zanelli spent part of his spring break visiting the campus nestled in the heart of Philadelphia. He found more than he anticipated.“Going there really opened my eyes,” Zanelli said. “When you think Ivy League, you think all education, not really a whole lot of football.
Zanelli had to weigh the value of an Ivy League education versus a free education. Ivy League institutions do not offer athletic scholarships, so high school prospects that are invited to play football have to decide whether it is better for them to shoot for a prestigious degree or to take a full-ride scholarship at a less prestigious school with stronger athletic competition.
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