Is This College Coach Just Not That Into Me?

Sally_Rubenstone
Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:54:47 +0000

First of all, Jumper101, if you haven’t done so already, go onto the Track & Field Web sites for the Div. 1 colleges that most interest you. Dig around until you find results for your events. Next, compare the winning results with your own best results. How do you stack up? You’ll probably have to extrapolate since you only have your sophomore stats to compare. But you need to ask yourself if the Div. 1 numbers seem like results you’ll be able to attain yourself. Similarly, ask your coaches to estimate where you’ll fit into Div. 1 programs.

Assuming that you and your coaches feel that, based on these numbers, you’re a solid Div. 1 prospect, then I would suggest that you contact coaches in the spring, after you have your SAT results and, presumably, some new jumping stats (even if the season isn’t over yet).

Here is a link to a recruiting-regulation calendar that you may find useful: [The five NCAA recruiting rules that high school coaches should know | Coach and Athletic Director | Find Articles at BNET](http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FIH/is_9_74/ai_n17209237/)

Make sure that you scroll down past the basketball and football regulations and look for “Other Sports,” where the restrictions are somewhat different. You’ll see that coaches are allowed to call you as early as May of your junior year, so it might be valuable to get onto some coaches’ lists and “radar screens” by then.