Being a Division I Athlete in a Fraternity

[Fratlete]

Just wanted to hear everyone's opinions on if it is possible to compete at a high level as a student-athlete and be a fraternity pledge. I've been thinking about rushing in the fall for a while. I have a few friends that are involved in greek life and it seems like a great experience. In college I wanted to be more than just an athlete, something which almost all my teammates don't have in common. While I consider a good number of them my close friends, very few make any efforts to socialize outside the team. The several times I've went out to frat parties I've had mostly good experiences and there are two fraternities at my school that I could see myself as a good fit. At the same time I don't want to hurt my experience as an athlete or alienate my teammates, many of which hate fraternities. My question is, when pledging, do fraternities take into account that athlete competition/travel may mean that I can't attend/participate in initiation event? I understand and will want to partake in fraternity rites of passage when I can, but don't want to sacrifice my athletic performance towards later stages of the season.