Do all four-year colleges offer Athletic Scholarships?
• Not all four-year colleges offer athletic scholarships.
• Only NCAA Division 1 and 2, NAIA schools and Junior Colleges offer Athletic Scholarships!
• The three Athletic Associations mandate how many scholarships a school can offer for a particular sport.
• It is up to the school whether or not they want to and can offer the maximum number of scholarships allotted to them.
What is a full-ride Athletic Scholarship?
• It provides full tuition, fees, room, board and course-related books in exchange for the athlete's performance.
Are all Athletic Scholarships full rides?
• Full scholarships are very rare.
• The only guaranteed full scholarships are for NCAA Division 1 Basketball and Division 1 Football programs.
What is a half-and-half or Partial Scholarship?
• Half and half or Partial scholarships may offer financial aid for both athletics and academics.
• Most sports and teams divide scholarship money up between players.
How long do Athletic Scholarship last?
• Most people think a full scholarship is good for four or five years.
• Athletic Scholarships are renewed every year and may not be guaranteed (in writing) for more than one year.
Who decides if you get to keep your Athletic Scholarship?
• Ultimately, the decision as to whether you'll keep your scholarship and for what amount is made by the Head Coach.
• Student-Athletes must be notified by July 1 each year.
Find more scholarship information on http://www.mygamefilm.com/
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Which Schools Should I Contact?
The first step to promoting yourself to college coaches is an honest evaluation of your talent level. Are you a NCAA Division I, II, III or NAIA prospect? In sports like track and swimming you have times and distances to rely on. However, in subjective evaluated sports there are no charts or graphs that can tell you what division you should try to compete. There the beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Your high school and club coaches can be excellent judges. Opposing coaches, camp evaluations and comparing yourself with players who you have competed with or against and seeing how they are doing in college can help. Talk with people who have nothing to gain in the recruitment process.
In determining which schools to email your profile and highlight film, make sure you research the school and have an interest. Speak to your guidance counselor to make sure you can meet the school's academic standards. Another factor you might consider is the region or state the school is located.
Gather all the information you can, be realistic but don’t to sell yourself short, and get the ball rolling!
In determining which schools to email your profile and highlight film, make sure you research the school and have an interest. Speak to your guidance counselor to make sure you can meet the school's academic standards. Another factor you might consider is the region or state the school is located.
Gather all the information you can, be realistic but don’t to sell yourself short, and get the ball rolling!
Saturday, January 5, 2008
GET YOUR FILM OUT EARLY AND OFTEN
If you are receiving a personal phone call from Jim Tressel or Charlie Weis, you probably don’t need to promote yourself. All the colleges know the big high school stars, especially in football and basketball.
There are other boys and girls in other sports who are good enough to play in Mid Major, D-IAA or D-II, where scholarship money is available, but two things happen. The smaller schools don’t know about them because they don’t have the recruiting budgets, and neither the kids nor their parents know how to market them.
Major programs have huge recruiting budgets for travel and research.
Schools like USC and Notre Dame recruit nationally but schools like Elon or Illinois State recruit regionally. Somebody’s got to get the word out. High Coaches don’t always have the time and budgets. They’ve got the next game to get ready for. They’ve got a full teaching load. They’ve got their own families to take care of. Who’s most interested in a kid? The parents. What do they do? When it comes to recruiting, they sit and wait.
Don’t be misled if you receive a letter of interest from a college. Receiving a letter means a coach knows your name and that you play his/her sport. Letters are mass mailings.They might send out hundreds of letters. Until they invite you for an official visit, they’re not recruiting you.
Get your film out early and often and to many schools as you see fit....and 10 is definitely not enough...get yours out to 50 plus schools that can see your skills. Click on http://www.mygamefilm.com/. Utilizing today's technology this site has made it easy to email recruiting video. This Do-It-Yourself recruiting tool provides both the guidance and resources for athletes to email their highlight film and profiles directly to college coaches across the country. It also provides a Feedback Scoreboard showing them when coaches click on a link (in the email) to view their film. No more sending tapes/DVDs and wondering if anyone has seen them!
Be proactive make sure college coaches are aware of your desire to play and find out where you fit!
There are other boys and girls in other sports who are good enough to play in Mid Major, D-IAA or D-II, where scholarship money is available, but two things happen. The smaller schools don’t know about them because they don’t have the recruiting budgets, and neither the kids nor their parents know how to market them.
Major programs have huge recruiting budgets for travel and research.
Schools like USC and Notre Dame recruit nationally but schools like Elon or Illinois State recruit regionally. Somebody’s got to get the word out. High Coaches don’t always have the time and budgets. They’ve got the next game to get ready for. They’ve got a full teaching load. They’ve got their own families to take care of. Who’s most interested in a kid? The parents. What do they do? When it comes to recruiting, they sit and wait.
Don’t be misled if you receive a letter of interest from a college. Receiving a letter means a coach knows your name and that you play his/her sport. Letters are mass mailings.They might send out hundreds of letters. Until they invite you for an official visit, they’re not recruiting you.
Get your film out early and often and to many schools as you see fit....and 10 is definitely not enough...get yours out to 50 plus schools that can see your skills. Click on http://www.mygamefilm.com/. Utilizing today's technology this site has made it easy to email recruiting video. This Do-It-Yourself recruiting tool provides both the guidance and resources for athletes to email their highlight film and profiles directly to college coaches across the country. It also provides a Feedback Scoreboard showing them when coaches click on a link (in the email) to view their film. No more sending tapes/DVDs and wondering if anyone has seen them!
Be proactive make sure college coaches are aware of your desire to play and find out where you fit!
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