Athletic Scholarship Advice for HS & JuCo Athletes
JUNIOR COLLEGE ROUTE If you aren’t getting the scholarship offers that you want or feel you should be getting by the end of your senior season, one of the final options to think about is to attend a Junior College for a year or two. Junior Colleges feed major FBS programs and hundreds of other schools every year with talented …
#1 – Put together your Student-Athlete Resume #2 – The #1 rule to remember is that coaches MUST see you play in order to be interested in recruiting you, either in person or on film. If you don’t have any offers and nobody has come out to see you play, your main goal is to get coaches to evaluate …
One of the toughest hurdles a player will go through during their career is dealing with a coaching change, especially at the collegiate level. Whether a coach retires, leaves for another school, decides to go coach a pro team or gets fired—emotions run high and the media and critics will pile on the negativity. What’s important to know as a …
Not necessarily – you may think there is “no reason,” but your coach may have a valid reason. From a recruiting standpoint – benching and playing time can effect your recruitment in a few ways: • Does your benching have anything to do with attitude, grades or work ethic? Is there a “lesson” in the benching that your coach …
At every program I’ve worked we’ve gotten daily calls, letters and emails requesting a questionnaire. This isn’t usually a helpful or efficient way to get on a coach’s radar, particularly at many Division I schools. Again, the only true way to get the school to recruit you is if they see you play in person or on video. The …
If you are looking for an edge in recruiting, a way to separate yourself from the other players at your level and to climb into the next level of competition—think about how you can become unique, how can you separate yourself? What can you become a specialist in? Sure, all coaches are looking for scorers and elite speed and size. …
– Find the official athletic department website. Google it! – Most official university athletic websites have a ‘Department Directory’ or a ‘Staff Directory’ link. Find the phone number for the Athletic Department switchboard or the direct number for you specific sport. Some schools list direct phone numbers and emails for assistant coaches on their website, others may not and post …
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 …