Target School Student Athlete (sophomore) can't get a single interview – Any thoughts?

As much as anyone else in my shoes is, I'm stressing the hell out about recruiting. I feel like I am doing so much but getting absolutely no hope from it. For reference, I am a student-athlete (doing a preppy sport that is known for the pipeline into high finance) at an Ivy League school, I'm doing a related major and a minor at the business school, networked like hell since September and had many productive chats with many different people (from analysts to MDs). I don't feel like my networking skills were holding me back, but I haven't gotten a single interview from anywhere. I have mastered my technicals and behaviorals to the point where I could answer technicals as well as my friend who got an offer from a heavily-technical firm. I have a 3.6 GPA (and I know this is lower compared to my peers, but spending 30+ hours a week doing my sport has made it challenging to keep my GPA up). I am getting worried that once the peak of recruiting is over, I will not have an offer (let alone a damn interview) and I don't want to have all of the time I put into recruiting to amount to nothing. 

I know having low points during this time is something that many people, if not all, have dealt with but I've gotten referrals to MMs and still denied. This is getting to the point where I am losing hope in getting anything and I can't get my mind off of it. Some food for thought: Is my GPA too low? Does being a student athlete do anything for me in this situation? I've used all of my resources and connections and no interviews have come out of it. I've applied to 200+ places and gotten nothing past an automatic hirevue (which I haven't gotten past). Is this just an insanely unlucky streak? I'd love to hear anyone who would be able to give me some insight about how I should approach this situation, I know it's not the end of the world but at the same time I'm just surprised how I've gotten nothing out of it yet.

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