D3 Swimming Recruitment

beltwaymom
Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:58:54 +0000

Your test scores and swim stats seem good. Do your homework. Check out the swim times on the college websites and don’t ask us about your stats, email the coaches!

First outreach should be somewhat general- hello and here are my stats–go fishing and see if they bite. If they do, follow up with specific questions, ie. how many freshman will you support, what is your record with admissions, how many of your freshman were accepted ED?

Coaches will want to know your swim times and your SATs, and gpa. If you have a school profile and unofficial transcript send that so they can see your course selection and assess the academic rigor of your school.

Don’t worry about class rank.

You will also need to have good Sat subject test scores.

I assume you are a 2010 applicant, so may want to wait until post NCAA-DIII to follow up with coaches. The good teams are getting ready for NCAAs which start 3/18–so coaches are distracted.

Also check out the NCAA website for D-III NCAA men’s swimming champs psyche sheet. That will give you an idea of top programs this year.

Get moving.