Athletic Scholarship Advice for HS & JuCo Athletes
BEFORE YOU MAKE THE TEAM #1 – ASK HOW THE PROCESS WORKS: Walk-ons generally join the team in two ways, either as a preferred walk-on or through a tryout. A preferred walk-on doesn’t have to tryout—they are borderline offers, favors for influential people or players from successful prep programs. Players that must tryout (MUST already be enrolled in classes …
A: Yes, you can receive athletic scholarships to many Junior Colleges programs that include tuition, fees, room, board, books, course-related materials and transportation costs (one time per academic year). Each school varies with what type of athletic scholarship aid they are able to offer— ranging from full scholarships to partial aid to none. Each institution belonging to the NJCAA can …
A: No, not really. My advice: never pay a recruiting service to send your information to universities, especially larger Division I schools. At competitive Division I programs, stacks of athlete resumes aren’t taken serious or even looked at, in most cases. If you have to pay someone to send out your profile, you must not be that talented. True or …
A: One of the toughest adversities all athletes face are injuries, particularly season-ending or career-ending injuries. From my experiences, they are much tougher mentally on most players than physically and a setback you can likely overcome. From a recruiting standpoint, not all season-ending injuries will effect your potential to earn a scholarship. From my experiences, college coaches will often stick …
A: Hard to say, could be a little bit of both. Coaches invite potential recruits they want to do more evaluations on, and players they are actively recruiting to camps. But yes, coaches and especially Camp Directors are numbers-oriented, with the goal to fill the camps up. A sign to decode their invite: are you hearing from them otherwise—Junior …
A: Yes, recruiting can pick up or even begin your senior year. If you have little or no interest after your junior year you have a few options. The most important things to remember if you are in this situation are that you must be willing to do the footwork on your own (do the research, make up to hundreds …
Report: Top N.C. basketball recruit Mikey Williams could make $2.6 million off NIL deals With his 5.5 million social media followers, his undeniable basketball talents and his tendency to go viral for just about anything, Mikey Williams was always in a good position to benefit from new NIL laws. But how much is the North Carolina prep star’s brand really …
SI.com: Matt Corral’s Knee Injury Places Opt-Outs in Perspective NEW ORLEANS – You never want to see it. A player goes down with an injury to the knee area. In the AllState Sugar Bowl on Saturday night, another victim was claimed. This time it happened to a potential first round NFL Draft pick in Ole Miss signal caller Matt Corral. …
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One of the top questions I hear is: “Is NCSA worth the money?” (Or any third-party service) In my experience, working for 20+ years in NCAA recruiting at UF, UM, UNC, Elon (plus covering Alabama & FSU for Rivals.com) — the answer is NO! Here are ten reasons why spending money on expensive recruiting services is a waste: 1 – …