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Casting a Wide Net: Recruitment Tips for Prospective Student-Athletes

Casting a Wide Net: Recruitment Tips for Prospective Student-Athletes

When college advisors have initial conversations with prospective college student-athletes, one of the most common refrains goes something like this: “I want to play for an NCAA team, but only if it’s for a top-ranked program or at a prestigious school.” On the surface, this approach sounds perfectly fine. After all, you may ask, what’s…

Game On: How to be Recruited as a Student-Athlete

How Does College Sports Recruitment Work? Being recruited to a college as a student-athlete is no easy feat. However, hopeful students interested in college sports recruitment can be proactive and take certain steps increase to their chances. Thousands of athletes are overlooked simply because coaches didn’t know they were out there. Whatever your sport, below…

5 Myths Of High School Sports and Scholarships

5 Myths Of High School Sports and Scholarships

Myth: Athletic Scholarships Are All Full-Ride Scholarships Countless high school athletes and their families assume that athletic scholarships are all full-ride scholarships. Unfortunately, this is not true. For every 100 high school students, there is one full athletic scholarship available. Full scholarships are not available in all sports either. They are pretty much only available in Division…

14 Tips for High School Athletes:  How to Get Recruited

14 Tips for High School Athletes: How to Get Recruited

High school athletes who want to get recruited by a college need to get noticed by the right coach. Although in some cities, athletes in Class 8A, 7A, and 6A football, basketball and baseball may have scouts come to their games, and in metropolitan areas, many sports are frequently covered in widely distributed newspapers or…