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Our Eagles will be on to bright futures with the assistance of a FULL ATHLETC SCHOLARSHIP to schools around the country! Early Period Signing Day is December 19th, and the Regular Period Signing Day is February 6th, 2019.
Tips to manage the recruiting process
Taken from the USA Today HS Sports
Organize your efforts
Keep track of which colleges you have contacted and where you stand in the process by creating a spreadsheet detailing your progress with each school. Keep track of each coach’s name and contact info, when you sent your first email, whether or not you received a response and any other relevant information.
Next, visit college websites, gather information, and research the programs that most interest you. This will allow you to personalize any correspondence you might have with a coach. For example, if the school just won a conference championship you should congratulate the coach. If you have a relative that attended the school, or if you are interested in a specific major they offer, mention it. I’m not telling you to research each coach’s family tree, but connecting with a coach on a personal level will pay big dividends.
Be strategic and persistent
Any good coach will tell you that you need to have a solid game plan to win. This is true in sports, in life and in the recruiting process. Once you have a resume and a list of realistic college options, developing a strategic game plan is simple. Just reach out to the coaches at those schools expressing interest in their program and then get your coach involved as a reference. Let’s go back to the job search comparison. If you were looking for a job, you would identify your options, connect with the decision makers and provide a personal reference to vouch that you are qualified for the position.
Translate that into college recruiting: Identify your target schools, contact the coaching staff expressing specific interest and provide the contact information of your current coach so the college coaches can verify your abilities.
Keep in mind that you aren’t going to land a scholarship with one email. You have to be persistent. Not every school is going to be interested in you, but if you stay on task you will find that right opportunity. If you are not currently being highly recruited, it is critical that you contact colleges on your own. If the colleges don’t know about you and you don’t reach out to them, how will they ever find you?
Create an Athletic/Academic Resume
Having an athletic/academic resume available for college coaches to review makes the process much easier. If you were looking for a job, the first thing you would do is to prepare an appropriate resume detailing your qualifications for the specific position you are pursuing. You should take the same approach with college recruiting and prepare an athletic/athletic resume detailing your qualifications for a spot on a college roster.
Your resume should include all the academic and athletic facts a college coach needs to easily determine whether or not he or she is interested in finding out more about you. There are many ways to organize your resume, but it should at least include the following:
Keep track of which colleges you have contacted and where you stand in the process by creating a spreadsheet detailing your progress with each school. Keep track of each coach’s name and contact info, when you sent your first email, whether or not you received a response and any other relevant information.
Next, visit college websites, gather information, and research the programs that most interest you. This will allow you to personalize any correspondence you might have with a coach. For example, if the school just won a conference championship you should congratulate the coach. If you have a relative that attended the school, or if you are interested in a specific major they offer, mention it. I’m not telling you to research each coach’s family tree, but connecting with a coach on a personal level will pay big dividends.
Be strategic and persistent
Any good coach will tell you that you need to have a solid game plan to win. This is true in sports, in life and in the recruiting process. Once you have a resume and a list of realistic college options, developing a strategic game plan is simple. Just reach out to the coaches at those schools expressing interest in their program and then get your coach involved as a reference. Let’s go back to the job search comparison. If you were looking for a job, you would identify your options, connect with the decision makers and provide a personal reference to vouch that you are qualified for the position.
Translate that into college recruiting: Identify your target schools, contact the coaching staff expressing specific interest and provide the contact information of your current coach so the college coaches can verify your abilities.
Keep in mind that you aren’t going to land a scholarship with one email. You have to be persistent. Not every school is going to be interested in you, but if you stay on task you will find that right opportunity. If you are not currently being highly recruited, it is critical that you contact colleges on your own. If the colleges don’t know about you and you don’t reach out to them, how will they ever find you?
Create an Athletic/Academic Resume
Having an athletic/academic resume available for college coaches to review makes the process much easier. If you were looking for a job, the first thing you would do is to prepare an appropriate resume detailing your qualifications for the specific position you are pursuing. You should take the same approach with college recruiting and prepare an athletic/athletic resume detailing your qualifications for a spot on a college roster.
Your resume should include all the academic and athletic facts a college coach needs to easily determine whether or not he or she is interested in finding out more about you. There are many ways to organize your resume, but it should at least include the following:
- Your personal information,
- Your academic accomplishments,
- Your athletic statistics and honors,
- A link to your highlight video, and
- The contact information for your current coach.