Coaches/Recruiters want to be able to carry on an intelligent conversation with you. They don't want to hear “I dunno”!
Know what your strengths and weaknesses are on the field or court.
Be ready to express what you have to offer his/her team.
Know your GPA, Class Rank and Board Scores.
Know what you want academically from the college.
Be able to express what you expect from a college.
Be able to communicate why you believe his/her college has what you want.
Make note cards with pertinent questions to ask the coach/recruiter.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
What does Receiving a Recruiting Letter Mean?
If you receive a letter from a coach, are you being recruited?
Be honored but realize that College Coaches send out thousands of letters to prospects.
Receiving a letter means a coach knows your name and that you play his/her sport.
Until the coach calls you and tells you he/she is interested or invites you to visit the school, the letter means very little.
Respond to the letter or questionnaire and follow-up with the coach.
Be honored but realize that College Coaches send out thousands of letters to prospects.
Receiving a letter means a coach knows your name and that you play his/her sport.
Until the coach calls you and tells you he/she is interested or invites you to visit the school, the letter means very little.
Respond to the letter or questionnaire and follow-up with the coach.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Recruiting Terminology
Basic Recruiting Terms
Contact – A contact occurs any a coach has any face-to-face contact with you or your parent off the college's campus and says more than hello. A contact also occurs if a coach has any contact with you or your parent at your high school or any location where you are competing or practicing.
Contact Period – During this time, a college coach may have in-person contact with you and/or your parents on or off the college's campus. The coach may also watch you play or visit your high school. You and your parents may visit a college campus and the coach may write and telephone you during this period.
Dead Period – The college coach may not have any in-person contact with you or your parents at any time during the dead period. The coach may write and telephone you or your parents during this time.
Evaluation – An evaluation is an activity by a coach to evaluate your academic or athletic ability. This would include visiting your high school or watching you practice or compete.
Evaluation Period – The college coach may watch you play or visit your high school, but cannot have any in-person conversations with you or your parents off the campus. You and your parents can visit a college campus during this period. A coach may write and telephone you or your parents during this time.
Official Visit – Any visit to a college campus by you or your parents paid for by the college. Colleges may pay the following expenses:
Your transportation to and from the college.
Rooms and meals (three per day) while you are visiting the college.
Reasonable entertainment expenses, including three complimentary admissions to a home athletic contest.
Before a college may invite you on an official visit, you will have to provide the college with a copy of your high-school transcript (D1 only) and SAT, ACT or PLAN score.
Quiet Period – The college coach may not have any in-person contact with you or your parents off the college's campus. The coach may not watch you play or visit your high school during this period. You or your parents may visit a college campus during this time. A coach may write or telephone you or your parents during this time.
Redshirt – Describes a student-athlete who does not participate in competition in a sport for an entire academic year. If an athlete does not compete in a sport the entire academic year, he/she has not used a season of competition. Each student is allowed no more than four (4) seasons of competition per sport. If an athlete were not a qualifier, he/she may have fewer seasons of competition available to him/her.
Unofficial Visit – Any visit by you and your parents to a college campus paid by you or your parents. The only expense you may receive from the college is three complimentary admissions to a home athletics contest. You may make as many unofficial visits as you like and may take those visits at any time. The only time you cannot talk with a coach during an unofficial visit is during a dead period.
Contact – A contact occurs any a coach has any face-to-face contact with you or your parent off the college's campus and says more than hello. A contact also occurs if a coach has any contact with you or your parent at your high school or any location where you are competing or practicing.
Contact Period – During this time, a college coach may have in-person contact with you and/or your parents on or off the college's campus. The coach may also watch you play or visit your high school. You and your parents may visit a college campus and the coach may write and telephone you during this period.
Dead Period – The college coach may not have any in-person contact with you or your parents at any time during the dead period. The coach may write and telephone you or your parents during this time.
Evaluation – An evaluation is an activity by a coach to evaluate your academic or athletic ability. This would include visiting your high school or watching you practice or compete.
Evaluation Period – The college coach may watch you play or visit your high school, but cannot have any in-person conversations with you or your parents off the campus. You and your parents can visit a college campus during this period. A coach may write and telephone you or your parents during this time.
Official Visit – Any visit to a college campus by you or your parents paid for by the college. Colleges may pay the following expenses:
Your transportation to and from the college.
Rooms and meals (three per day) while you are visiting the college.
Reasonable entertainment expenses, including three complimentary admissions to a home athletic contest.
Before a college may invite you on an official visit, you will have to provide the college with a copy of your high-school transcript (D1 only) and SAT, ACT or PLAN score.
Quiet Period – The college coach may not have any in-person contact with you or your parents off the college's campus. The coach may not watch you play or visit your high school during this period. You or your parents may visit a college campus during this time. A coach may write or telephone you or your parents during this time.
Redshirt – Describes a student-athlete who does not participate in competition in a sport for an entire academic year. If an athlete does not compete in a sport the entire academic year, he/she has not used a season of competition. Each student is allowed no more than four (4) seasons of competition per sport. If an athlete were not a qualifier, he/she may have fewer seasons of competition available to him/her.
Unofficial Visit – Any visit by you and your parents to a college campus paid by you or your parents. The only expense you may receive from the college is three complimentary admissions to a home athletics contest. You may make as many unofficial visits as you like and may take those visits at any time. The only time you cannot talk with a coach during an unofficial visit is during a dead period.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Financial Aid - Division 3 and Ivy League!
Can Division 3 and Ivy League Schools offer Athletic Scholarships?
No! Division 3 and Ivy League schools cannot offer Athletic Scholarships – these schools offer need-based and academic financial awards.
Athletic departments are staffed and funded like any other department in the university.
Should Athletes consider D3 schools if they need a Scholarship?
Many schools offer attractive financial aid programs therefore don't overlook any school, even if they don't offer athletic scholarships.
What are Division 3 Financial Aid Packages?
Division 3 financial aid packages consist of need based grants, loans and work study programs, plus academic and leadership scholarships.
How do you apply for a Financial Aid Package?
Speak to your Guidance Counselor and/or go to FAFSA web site.www.fafsa.ed.org
It is the form you fill out to apply for federal grants and loans.www.fedmoney.org
Applying for financial aid may sound daunting, but in reality, the form is short and painless.
Don't let the idea of applying for financial aid scare you away.
You may be surprised by everything financial aid may have to offer you.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Defining a College Athletic Scholarship
Athletic Scholarships - Division 1 and 2
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 mandates 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.
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 mandates 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.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
NCAA Eligibility Center - MUST REGISTER!!
NCAA Eligibility Center use to be known as the NCAA Clearinghouse.
The NCAA Eligibility Center is an agency which will provide initial-eligibility certification for all prospective student-athletes wishing to compete as a freshman at NCAA member institutions offering Division 1 or 2 athletics.
The NCAA Eligibility Center is not a recruiting service, just because you register doesn't guarantee that a college will take an interest in you. What it does is review your transcripts to determine if you are eligible to play as a freshman athlete at NCAA Division I and II schools. Your official transcripts must be sent directly from your high school’s guidance department. The NCAA Eligibility Center will not a copy of your grades sent by you.
If you have dreams of receiving any kind of athletic scholarship, you must register with and be certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center.
Find link tO NCAA Eligibility Center in http://www.mygamefilm.com/ Recruiting Guide / Academic Requirement section.
The NCAA Eligibility Center is an agency which will provide initial-eligibility certification for all prospective student-athletes wishing to compete as a freshman at NCAA member institutions offering Division 1 or 2 athletics.
The NCAA Eligibility Center is not a recruiting service, just because you register doesn't guarantee that a college will take an interest in you. What it does is review your transcripts to determine if you are eligible to play as a freshman athlete at NCAA Division I and II schools. Your official transcripts must be sent directly from your high school’s guidance department. The NCAA Eligibility Center will not a copy of your grades sent by you.
If you have dreams of receiving any kind of athletic scholarship, you must register with and be certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center.
Find link tO NCAA Eligibility Center in http://www.mygamefilm.com/ Recruiting Guide / Academic Requirement section.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
What does a Recruiting Letter mean?
If you receive a letter from a college, are you being recruited?
• Be honored but realize that College Coaches send out hundreds if not thousands of letters to prospects.
• Receiving a letter means a coach knows your name and that you play his/her sport.
• Until the coach calls you and tells you he/she is interested or invites you to visit the school, the letter means very little.
• Respond to the letter or questionnaire and follow-up with the coach.
• Be honored but realize that College Coaches send out hundreds if not thousands of letters to prospects.
• Receiving a letter means a coach knows your name and that you play his/her sport.
• Until the coach calls you and tells you he/she is interested or invites you to visit the school, the letter means very little.
• Respond to the letter or questionnaire and follow-up with the coach.
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