Athletic Scholarship Advice for HS & JuCo Athletes
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 …
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 …
Legally, yes. Until you sign an NLI (National Letter of Intent), anything verbal is non-binding on either side. Verbal commitments from players are non-binding as well, and you have the right to change your mind before signing an NLI. In any sport, there will come a time when coaches will begin pressuring you to commit. Some coaches will be up …
With recruiting beginning earlier and earlier, coaches are anxious to get their top prospects committed and finished with the recruiting process. For most players, scholarship offers have an unspoken expiration date! With each scholarship class coaches determine their needs, position-by-position, and allocate slots based on where they are lacking depth. Once they determine their needs for each signing class, they …
Realistically, for many players, money WILL be a major decision factor when selecting a future school. Colleges vary greatly with the costs of tuition, room and board, course-related books, fees, along with transportation and extra expenses you may have such as cell phone bills, clothing, entertainment. It all adds up—and scholarship money makes a difference for most student-athletes and their …
Below are 20 signs that a college coach is interested in recruiting you. Depending on their interest level, their actions will vary. Remember, depending on your age, there are limits on to how coaches can recruit you and what type of contact they can have with you. 1-5 signs: Low-Mid level of interest 5-10 signs: Mid-High level of interest 10 …
Is it ok to tell the coaches who are recruiting you if another school offers you too? Yes, in fact many coaches will ask you what schools you have offers from in your early conversations. As the process moves on, coaches most likely will continue to ask you which schools have offered, which schools have come to see you play …
Playing time is a common decision factor for a lot of players, coaches are well aware most players want to come into the program with a starting job or play consistent minutes right away. A better question to ask is, “How many players, at my position, in my signing class, do you plan to sign?” For starters, no matter what …
The goal of each recruiting cycle for each coaching staff is to sign the best player possible to each scholarship. Many staffs don’t rush the process, they’d rather get it RIGHT than simply make it QUICK. Understand—it’s a PROCESS. I’ve worked with players who earned offers days or weeks before Signing Day. I’ve worked with coaches who don’t use all …