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Over
$1 billion in sports scholarships
Every year hundreds of
university and college coaches go
searching for a new group of
talented athletes to recruit.
Every year hundreds of top schools
award athletes
over $1
billion in sports scholarships.
There are often other benefits to
sports participation. The goal of
this site is to
help high school athletes find
information and advice that can
guide
them through the university and
college sports recruiting process to
find the
opportunity that is right for them.
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Are you
waiting
for a call?
Every year,
thousands of high school athletes
sit by their phones
waiting for college coaches to call.
Some will get called, but
thousands of
talented athletes will not. Do not
wait.
Take action before it is too late.
You can increase your
chances
of being recruited, of competing at
the college level and of getting a
sports scholarship.
When should you start? Now! The
earlier you start, the wider will be
your range
of opportunities. The earlier you
start, the more likely you are to be
successful. If you are still waiting
for a call when
your senior year starts, then time
is getting very short. If you
are a junior there is more time, but
the earlier you start, the
more you can do and the more choices
you will have. Getting
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- Get
started!
How can you get university and college coaches
to evaluate your
talents? What will
your best opportunity be? When should you start
working toward a
college sports goal? Some of the answers
are here.
The
best advice? "Don't
wait!"
Freshmen, sophomore
and
junior athletes can take important steps to
improve their recruiting
chances. Seniors can learn how to maximize
opportunities and avoid pitfalls. No matter what
your year in school, start
now!
- What is a sports scholarship worth? It varies
but it
can be a huge amount. College costs are
skyrocketing. See some actual college costs
of typical schools.
- What's
new?: How
does the
SAT affect NCAA
eligibility? How
will
new
federal financial aid rules increase college
costs for many students?
Also, a
description of
two time-lines in college sports recruiting.
- Are you on the
college coaches'
recruiting
lists? How would you know? How can you get
the attention of
college
coaches?
- Parents, learn how you can help your student
athlete
achieve his or her goals: How
parents
can help.
- Valuable information on athletic
scholarships,
recruiting rules and eligibility standards from
the NCAA, the NAIA and
others.
- College
and
financial aid resources for all
college bound
students.
- Information about national high school
championships
and national high
school sports
records.
- The
Sports
Scholarship Handbook details
dozens of
things that high
school students at all grade levels can do right
now to improve their chances of being
recruited and of
getting a
better offer. Preview
the handbook.
- Topics in sports
medicine for student athletes.
- Computers
and
software for students--advice on how
to save money
on these
essential tools.
- Great
sites and advice on
linking
to
AthleticAid.Com.
- A side trip about the name "Yaquina"
and
some photos from the
central Oregon coast.
- About
this site.
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During
the
school year:
- Working on your athletic skills and endurance
is
assumed.
- Also work at being a leader among the athletes
in
your sport.
Show
maturity, set a good example and stay free of
injuries.
- Stay ahead of school work. Coaches favor
athletes who
do a good job managing their academics.
- Investigate colleges on the Internet. Then
make
appointments and visit.
- Read The
Sports
Scholarship
Handbook. The handbook
details specific
things that athletes can do to enhance their
recruiting
opportunities. Start now!
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Recruiting
Calendars
College sports
recruiting
has an official NCAA annual calendar with a
succession
of dates and seasons.
There is a common plan, but some sports have their
own sets of
critical dates and seasons. The calendar and the
rules governing
recruiting in various sports at the Division I and
II NCAA levels also
change frequently. Stay up-to-date by getting the
most current NCAA
Guide
for
the
College-Bound
Student
Athlete and by looking at the calendar
links
below. You will need the Adobe
Acrobat
reader to
view and print the online version.
- Information about the NCAA
recruiting
schedules by sport and by NCAA Division is
available. There is an
overview chart that is in PDF format. You will
need an Adobe
Acrobat
Reader to view the PDF. Be sure to get the
specific
information for your sport and your target
Division or Divisions of the
NCAA.
- Signing
dates
for National Letters of Intent are not listed on
the NCAA calendars.
They are set by the National
Letter
of Intent program and can be found on
their site.
Recent dates and
events:
- The past school year's recruiting season is
basically
over.
Current
activities:
- Summer is a time for improving skills,
visiting
colleges unofficially and preparing for the
school year to come.
- Coaches will be calling this Fall's high
school
seniors and starting the new recruiting season
for the coming school
year.
- If you will be a senior this coming school
year,
start preparing for those phone calls from
coaches.
Coming
recruiting activities:
- Summer is also when coaches are refining their
list of top prospects. You might be a top player
and a high school
senior in the fall, but if you are not on that
list by now then you
will need to
take action to get on it.
- If called, show interest until you know that
you are
no longer interested. A great many recruits end
up at colleges that
they did not consider until they got recruited.
Keep your eyes and your
options open.
Throughout the year the calendar includes
evaluation
periods, quiet periods and dead periods. There are
initial or early
signing dates for many sports and regular or late
signing periods. Some
kinds of contacts are allowed or not allowed
depending on the calendar
and the prospect's year in school. The
Sports
Scholarship
Handbook helps student athletes and
parents
navigate the
recruiting process and take maximum advantage of
the recruiting
calendar.
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