Ninth Grade
This is your first year of high school- your time to jump in and get your feet wet. This will mark the beginning of documenting your athleticism and academics to later show to college coaches.
Keep track of your highs: your high scores/ stats, your high tournament placements, and your high grades. These are all items you should feel confident in sharing with college coaches.
Begin creating your first sports resume, cover letter and video footage. This is what you will need when you begin to reach out and contact college coaches. Tell them who you are and what you plan to accomplish to meet your college-bound goals.
Start hunting for the perfect college. Get to know college programs by searching them online. Use social media to follow coaches, players, and others affiliated with the team. This will get your name out there and show them that you have been considering their program since the beginning.
Fill out recruiting questionnaires on college athletic webpages. Taking the time to do these will show coaches that you are interested in their program and will enter your name into their database of possible recruits.
Tenth Grade
Continue to play and practice whenever you get a chance. Becoming involved in a club team will supply you with experience all year long and possibly increase your chances of being seen by college coaches at national tournaments.
Keep adding valuable information to your sports resume; including camps and training techniques that you have adopted to keep in shape and on top of your game.
Research and attend camps and showcases. This will help in improving your overall game. Camps are a great way to gain exposure and meet face-to-face with college coaches.
Reach out to college coaches by sending them your updated sports resume and keep in contact with them; making sure to update them with any milestones you have accomplished.
Take some unofficial visits to college campuses and schedule a meeting with the coaching staff. This will allow you to get a feel for the coach and see if this will be a lasting relationship.
Eleventh Grade
This is the most important year for your recruitment. Coaches want to see that you have improved your abilities and are serious about taking your skills to the next level.
Have an updated video of your game footage that you can send to coaches.
Don’t delay in replying back to college coaches who take the time to respond to your emails or phone calls. Not responding will show coaches that you are no longer interested in becoming part of their team.
Start to narrow down your college choices so you can focus on colleges that will be a good fit and ones that are interested in you as a player. Continue to communicate with coaches to begin talks about “official” visits.
Schedule SAT or ACT tests. Know the requirements for the division level you hope to play for.
Twelfth Grade
Continue to excel at your sport.
If you are certain that you will be participating at the NCAA DI or DII level then you need to register with the NCAA Eligibility Center. Coaches will need you to be cleared academically and athletically before they can offer you an opportunity to play. NAIA also has an eligibility center where student- athletes are required to register before they can begin collegiate participation.
Make sure that coaches you have been in contact with have your most recent sports resume so you can begin discussing potential scholarship opportunities.
Retake SAT or ACT tests if you are not satisfied with your initial scores.
Know when the National Letter of Intent signing day is for your sport.
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can someone help me get a soccer scholarship
Of course, that is what we do. What do you need help with in particular? Have you started with our Soccer Scholarships page?
http://www.athleticscholarships.net/soccerscholarships.htm
I grAduated last year could I still et recruited ?
Thank you for your question. @AndrewFBruno:twitter write an excellent article explaining the process of getting recruited once you are done with high school. Here it is
http://www.athleticscholarships.net/2012/04/16/athletic-scholarship-after-high-school.htm
What do you do when your highschool coach drops the ball on getting your info to a college coach and then that coach recruits others before giving you a chance
That is a difficult situation but what is most important is to get started contacting coaches on your own. Taking the initiative and emailing and calling coaches can help make up for lost time. Are you reaching out to coaches on your own? What year in school are you now? Please let me know how I can help.
I need help getting recruited for basketball, I am a junior right now and am wishing to compete at the higher level, any tips?
I am in 10th grade and still on jv softball because I had a shoulder injury my 9th grade year and just getting back to my normal strength. My dream is to play D1 softball. Has being on jv for 3 years completely ruined my chances of getting a D1 softball scholarship?
While you’re chances of being able to play DI softball haven’t completely disappeared, you need to understand the competitive nature of softball recruiting. DI coaches are looking for softball players who have been consistent starters, All-State recognized, and possible MVPs. You still have a chance to prove yourself, and it will be important to contact the college coaches you are interested in and show them why you should be given an opportunity to play for them. Send them your softball resume and highlight video with a letter personalized to them. Check out our website for more tips and advice:
http://www.athleticscholarships.net/softballscholarships.htm
im about to be a senior how do i get a scholarship for football?
It is critical you begin contacting coaches and finding camps to attend. If you aren’t going to be able to attend any camps, get coaches your highlight film from last year and after a couple of games this year, send them a highlight film from this coming year. Please let us know if you have any questions.
My name is Keionte i’m a 6’0 sophmore, I played jv basketball 11-12 which I was a center by foce and only scored 5.2 ppg (First time ever playing center & even when I moved to var I was still plaing SF,PF,C). Now I have a chance to show my talents at (SG). i’m moving to a better school. Should I wait until my junior season (12-13) or send some of my sophmore jv seaon (11-12) to coaches.
You should start contacting coaches as soon as possible. College basketball recruiting tends to start pretty early so if you want to try and find an opportunity to play, it’s better to start looking now. You should compile a resume and cover letter and send it to college coaches. You can use our Athnet Database to find college coach contact information:
http://www2.athleticscholarships.net/athletic/customers/registrationForm
Is it true once your a senior all field hockey scholarships are taken?
Hi Krista,
Actually it is not true that all field hockey scholarships are taken once you are a senior. All coaches recruit differently, they may not be finished with recruiting until the last minute. It also depends on which division level you are aiming towards. Division I coaches are going to be harder to get a hold of, but you can expand your opportunities by reaching out to NAIA colleges and NCAA DII and DIII. Have you thought about which colleges you would like to attend? Reaching out to college coaches before your senior year is ideal, so the sooner you make an impression the better. Please let me know if you have any other recruiting questions or are ready to learn about connecting with coaches I’ll be happy to help.
I am a 6’3″ guard currently attending FIU. I enrolled last semester with high hopes of making the team by walk-on. However, they cancelled the walk on tryouts so i was unable to do so. I played basketball for more than 10 years back in the Caribbean where i was averaging 20.2 ppg just before i moved to Florida. I am confident that i have the talent to make the team but now i’m thinking that the ‘door’ is closing on me because i am a international student (22 yrs).What should i do? is there a way i can get another school to recruit me? I appreciate your comments.
the best thing you can do is begin contacting coaches at other programs. I would recommend starting with coaches at the schools nearest FSU that you might be interested in. When you contact coaches, you ware going to want to be able to send them film, if you don’t have game film, get film of you running through drills at full speed. If you can, find when open gym hours are at other schools and find out where the basketball players for those schools play and play with them. If you prove yourself in those games you will find a way to get on the team. Good luck.
I’m a freshmen and on JV Girls Lacrosse for my school. I want to get recruited for lacrosse at a college level. Should i start contacting college coaches now or wait until next year?
It is good to begin thinking about the colleges you want to play for and consider attending camps at their schools this summer. You can contact the coaches but don’t worry about having them evaluate and begin the recruiting process with you as a freshman. Good luck.
I used to play basketball in the 7th grade I stopped for awhile but I’m seriously picking it back up now I’m going to play for high school next year and I’m also starting my senior year what are my chances of getting recruited and how do I go about my recruitment process?
You need to begin contacting coaches and get together a highlight film. No coaches know who you are right now and an email with a highlight film is a great way to introduce yourself. After that, contact your high school coach and see what they can do to help as well.
Im a junior in high school and I live overseas(Italy) we have 5 game seasons and I want to know if I have any chance to make my dream come to. To play college football and hopefully keep going after that. How can I get my name out there even when I go to a very small highschool
Are you talking about American Football or Football Soccer?