Athletic Scholarship Advice for HS & JuCo Athletes
Committing to a coach and program will be one of the most exciting and proud achievements of your life. It can also be a pressure-filled situation, as many coaches will begin to put pressure on you at some point during the recruiting process to get you to commit on their schedule, and not your own. In the moment, you may …
Like life, like nature, recruiting follows a cycle. There is an information-gathering period, an evaluation period, a getting-to-know- you stage, an offer, a woo-ing stage and a closing stage. At each stage, coaches drop players from their list and begin to narrow down their top targets to a group that they will focus their time and energy on. Here is …
The first question a college coach will ask once they are sold on you as a player is, “Can they get into school academically?” Before you will be able to accept an athletic scholarship, practice and compete you will need to register with the NCAA Eligibility Center and have your academic and amateur status verified. We will be going into …
Since one of the first questions a coach will ask you is “Who have you been offered by?” you’ll be taken much more seriously if you can give them some names! If coaches know that you already have offers, it tells them that you have some level of talent and other coaches have already done some research on you. It’s …
Here is a tip to save you a few bucks—Never pay a recruiting service to send your information to universities, especially larger Division I schools. First off, this book will teach you to find the contact information that you need and to put together your own Student-Athlete Resume and highlight video. Secondly, particularly at competitive Division I programs, stacks of …
You finally get a college coach on the phone or in front of you! You are halfway there! After the introductions and small talk, one of the first questions that they will ask you is, “What other schools have offered you?” PAUSE. Don’t worry, there are no wrong answers to this. Some of you may say, “Texas, North Carolina, Virginia …
The #1 rule to memorize heading into this process is that in order for a coach to be interested in recruiting you, they MUST see you play—either in person or on video. Remind yourself of this over and over every time you find yourself frustrated with the process. We will be going over this in depth shortly and you will …
Having the opportunity to become an NCAA athlete, scholarship or walk-on player, is an honor. Only a small percentage of high school players actually move on to compete at the NCAA level, by sport: Football: 6.8% Men’s Basketball: 3.4% Women’s Basketball: 3.9% Baseball: 7.1% Men’s Soccer: 5.6% Men’s Ice Hockey: 11.7%
THE SCHOLARSHIP OFFER! What is the answer to the million dollar question—what can I do to put myself in the best position possible to get a collegiate athletic scholarship? Instead of starting this “how-to” at the very beginning with Step #1, I will start at the end, the moment that you are working so hard to get to! We’re starting …
As an athlete, let your actions speak louder than your words! College coaches make a million promises during the recruiting process, understand it won’t be as easy for you as they’ve made it sound. There will be adjustments and tough times, but they brought you there for a reason and believe in you! Some first year tips for your first …