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Our counselors answered: How do prospective students get recruited for their sport?

Joyce Vining Morgan

Founder and college counselor
Educational Transitions

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Kathleen Harrington

Owner
New Jersey College Consulting

Get to Know This Website: beRecruited.com is an amazing resource for student athletes throughout the country who are interested in pursuing athletics in either a D1, D2, or D3 school. Both male and female student athletes can market themselves by uploading their athletic highlight films and creating an athletic profile to showcase their talent. Showcase Time: Take advantage of club teams or...

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Randi Heathman

Independent Educational Consultant
The Equestrian College Advisor LLC

For equestrian athletes, the recruitment process can really vary widely depending on the school and the program. The best thing prospective collegiate equestrians can do is to investigate their potential schools for their academic program FIRST (because you'll need to go to classes too while you're there!) and then, once you've identified several that look like they'll be a good fit, investigate their...

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Avi Stopper

College Sports Recruiting Expert
CaptainU - College Sports Recruiting

The best way to get recruiting to play a sport is to actively promoted yourself to college coaches. You can't sit back and wait, hoping that they'll find you. There are so many athletes out there that the likelihood of randomly being found by the right coach at the right school is pretty low. The best thing you can do is get out there and promote yourself so they know who you are and that you're...

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Zahir Robb

College Counselor
The Right Fit College

Students can be recognized by their performance or work with agencies to promote their play. In addition, player's will have opportunities through bigger platforms, such as tournaments and clinics to be recognized. In many cases, coaches will also assist players in the recruiting process. In today's technology driven world, information is shared more freely and athletes can post reels on youtube or...

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Janet Elfers


The way recruiment happens depends a great deal on whether the sport is one of the high-profile sports with big budgets and big scholarships, or whether the sport is a "minor" one with limited scholarships. If you're a division I athlete, your high school coach has probably already made some contacts for you, and college coaching staffs may have already noticed you. With the minor sports, you can be...

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Mitch Clark

Executive Director
College Sherpa

The most important aspect of college recruiting is for the student to initiate contact with the coaches and the schools they are interested in. Coaches look for initiative in athletes and level of interest in the school. The first step is always to fill out the interest survey on the school's athletic website. Depending on your year in high school, you may only receive a standard email response...

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Benjamin Waldmann


This very much depends upon your own circumstances and how your sport fits in with your overall academic expectancies. Remember, you are playing your sport to compliment with an academic program and not the other way round. Depending upon your academic record coming out of high school and the level in which you have competed at in your sport, an important step is to start contacting coaches as suitable...

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Ryan Aldrich

Director of College Counseling
The White Mountain School

Students can become recruited by coaches after they have filed with the NCAA Clearing House for Div 1 and II. Students can fill out inquiry forms online and contact coaches to indicate interest. Students can ask their current coaches to contact college coaches. Prospective athletes can make video's and resume's to submit to coaches.

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Patricia Aviezer

President
Inside Track To College, Inc.

Are You ON Their Radar? Sports are all about the competition, and the recruiting process is no exception. Know the rules in advance and learn more about which college coaches are really looking for your talents. In most sports, your junior year is the fist time a NCAA coach should be in contact with you. How do you know if you are on their recruiting lists? You might have received a...

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