Sports

Passion Beats Passivity

• Coaches will not magically find you, you must hustle to find them and impress them.

• Finding a college team is not for the shy. You must be able to pick up the phone and call a coach. You also must be able to ask him whether you are his top recruit.

Good Grades Beat Bad Grades

• Coaches want NCAA eligible players who can get admitted to the school and stay eligible.

• Coaches at selective schools only recruit top students.

Educational Opportunity Beats Sports

• Pick the school not the coach. Coaches leave.

• Players get benched, get injured, or study for grad school and drop their sport.

• D-III athletes spend less time playing their sport in college than they did in high school.

Coaches’ Actions Beat Words

• Coaches hate to say no even if they don’t want you.

• A coach is serious if he:
  • Gets an early read from the admissions office on your likelihood of getting in.
  • Invites you on an official overnight visit to meet the team.
  • Tells you are number one on his list and that you will play.

• He is really serious if he pays your plane fare to visit.

There Are Few Full Scholarship Winners

• Men’s Winners: baseball, basketball, football, and ice hockey.

• Women’s Winners: basketball, gymnastics, ice hockey, rowing, tennis, and volleyball.

• Most other athletes are on partial scholarships.

• D-III schools and the Ivy’s do not offer sports scholarships.