Take the Right Classes — Starting freshmen year; take classes that will affect your NCAA eligibility.
Register with the NCAA — An eligibility center that students must register up with to confirm their status as a young student athlete.
Make your List(s) — Be realistic in your choices and list your dream schools and list fallback schools; no more than 12-15 schools.
Create a Video — Make a recruitment video showing your talent. Football and baseball has 15-25 highlighted plays; soccer, basketball, and lacrosse, about 10-15 plays. With an additional clip of half game to see your in game skills.
Research the School — For starters, check out the school’s website to find out the best coach or school official to contact. For smaller schools, individual e-mail addresses for coaches can be found easily. For bigger schools it may be harder to find contact information for specific coaches.
First Contact — It would be good idea to begin contacting coaches in the summer before your sophomore year. A copy of your recruiting video or a link where they can view your video, the latter quickly becoming a popular choice with coaches — as well as a recruiting resume with details such as stats, honors, academic data and contact information for your high school coaches should also be included.
Go to the College’s Camps and Excel — Perform well at the camps you go to. Look professional and play professional. Best behavior and be ready to learn.
Final Choice — It will depend on the financial part of it, full ride? Partial scholarship? Playing time? Or if you just want to go there or not.
– Compiled by Jay Williams & Tori Nothnagel