Athletic Scholarships

cptofthehouse
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:25:43 +0000

You need to get a good picture of the opportunities in your sport at the colleges and where you fit. There are specific websites that address this. You need to talk to your coach if you are interested in this. There are often camps and events where recruits have the best chances of being noticed. It really differs from sport to sport.
The most desired athletes generally are known to many of the college coaches and they are already getting letters and inquiries on an informal basis. Though there are NCAA rules , which you should know thoroughly, about early contact, it seems to me that there is much going around those rules from the lists of verbal committments I am seeing in many sports as early as sophomore, junior year.

For D3 athletes (these schools do not give money, but can give extra consideration for admisisions), you may need to contact the coach. There are on line forms for college sports sites where you can let the coaches at a given college know you are interested in their program. You should look at rosters at colleges that interest you to see where you could fit.

There are those athletes who are actively recruited and those who need to ask to be recruited. Far more are in the latter category, and many are not going to get money. You need to learn the rules and the field well, if you are in the second category, because it is doubtful anyone is going to sit down and explain them to you. You gotta go out and get your opportunities. Look at your library or bookstores or your highschool GC’s book collection for books on athletic scholarships and recruiting.