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STUDENT ATHLETES
& THE COLLEGE SEARCH
2/9/2016 Jennifer “JT” Thomas
ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP
REALITY CHECK
“ “In 2013 the average amount of money awarded to NCAA Division 1 athletes was $13,821 for men and $14,660 for women. Other divisions offer less, and Division 3 schools offer no athletic scholarships at all…the odds of landing a college scholarship in many major sports are lower than the chance of being admitted to Harvard, Yale, Princeton or Stanford.”
Kelly Holland CNBC 2013 – Think Athletic
Scholarships are the “holy grail’? Think again.
“According to recent statistics, about two percent of high school athletes are awarded athletics scholarships to compete in college.”
NCAA Informational Materials 2013
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Student-Athletes Men's
Basketball
Women's
Basketball Football Baseball
Men's Ice
Hockey Men's Soccer
High School Student
Athletes 540,207 439,550 1,109,278 472,644 36,475 391,839
High School Senior
Student Athletes 154,345 125,586 316,937 135,041 10,421 111,954
NCAA Student
Athletes 17,008 15,423 66,313 30,365 3,945 21,770
NCAA Freshman
Roster Positions 4,859 4,407 18,947 8,676 1,127 6,220
NCAA Senior
Student Athletes 3,780 3,427 14,736 6,748 877 4,838
NCAA Student
Athletes Drafted 44 32 250 600 33 76
Percent High School
to NCAA 3.1% 3.5% 6.0% 6.4% 10.8% 5.6%
Percent NCAA to
Professional 1.2% 0.9% 1.7% 8.9% 3.8% 1.6%
Percent High School
to Professional 0.03% 0.03% 0.08% 0.44% 0.32% 0.07%
NCAA: National Collegiate Athletic Association
Estimated Probability of Competing in Athletics Beyond the
High School Interscholastic Level
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THAT SAID…
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THE EXPERIENCE OF
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COLLEGE ATHLETICS
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LASTS A
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LIFETIME!!
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NCAA: Which division is my
best athletic fit?
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of 1281 institutions who make and monitor rules regarding eligibility, recruiting, amateurism, financial aid, etc. (www.ncaa.org)
• Division I
• Division II
• Division III
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DI Oregon Football… is it the right fit for me?
No. Name Ht. Wt. Position
47 Alonso, Kiko 6-4 222 LB
85 Anderson, Anthony 6-5 233 DE
78 Armstrong, Karrington 6-2 283 OL
79 Asper, Mark 6-7 322 OL
51 Ava, Isaac 5-10 251 LB
24 Barner, Kenjon 5-11 180 RB
31 Bassett, Kenny 5-9 175 RB
93 Beard, Rob 6-0 218 PK
3 Bennett, Bryan 6-2 183 QB
71 Benyard, Everett 6-7 315 OL
Stanford Women’s Volleyball
Height matters! • No. Name Height Position Yr
• 1 Lydia Bai 6-2 Outside Hitter FR
• 2 Carly Wopat 6-2 Middle Blocker FR
• 7 Jessica Walker 6-1 Middle Blocker SO
• 10 Alix Klineman 6-4 Outside Hitter SR
• 11 Charlotte Brown 6-5 Middle Blocker FR
• 12 Stephanie Browne 6-4 Middle Blocker JR
• 21 Hayley Spelman 6-6 Outside Hitter SO
Do I match up?
DI UCLA Men’s Water Polo
No. Name Ht. Wt. Position Year
15 Grant Zider 6-4 215 Center/RS SO
13 James Palmer 6-5 205 Attacker/RS SO
2 Ted Peck 6-6 230 Center SR
3 Chris Pulido 6-6 190 Defender SO
6 Brad Greiner 6-6 195 Ctr Defender SO
16 Tim Cherry 6-6 220 Ctr Defender FR
14 Logan Powell 6-4 194 Attacker/RS SO
Division I
The most expensive, competitive, and time consuming
division of the NCAA:
•Approx. 350 institutions
•Big athletic department budgets (PAC 12, ACC, Big 10 )
•Sizable athletic facilities
•Increased scholarship money available but none for Ivy’s
(ex. DI Football is allowed a maximum of 85 full rides)
•Toughest eligibility requirements: graduate high school
with 16 core courses and test score/GPA determined on a
sliding scale. 2016 = “2.3 or Take a Knee.”
•Local examples: CAL, Stanford, USF, Santa Clara, St.
Mary’s, UC Davis, SJSU, Pacific, Sac. St., and Cal Poly (DI –
AA FCS Football).
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Division II Intermediate level as an alternative to the highly competitive DI and the non-scholarship DIII:
• Approx. 300 full or provisional members
• Smaller public schools and many private colleges that often draw more locally and play closer to home.
• More limited scholarship opportunities and more partial scholarships that vary from school to school (ex. DII football is allowed 36 scholarships).
• Eligibility requirements: graduate high school with 16 core courses, earn a minimum 2.0 GPA, and a combined 820 SAT or sum 68 ACT.
• Local Examples: SFSU, East Bay, Chico, Humboldt, Sonoma, Monterey, Dominican, and Notre Dame de Namur
• Others: UC San Diego, Colorado Springs, WWU
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Division III
Largest of the three divisions with approx. 444
member institutions that range in size from 500-10,000
students:
•Colleges & schools choosing not to offer athletic
scholarships. No redshirting athletes.
•Small class sizes, regional season play, and the
opportunity to play more than one sport in college.
•Each campus determines their own eligibility
requirements.
•Local examples: Menlo, Mills & UC Santa Cruz
•Others: Tufts, Middlebury, Williams, Amherst
(NESCAC is competitive DIII league)
•Colorado College DIII school – DI Wsoc & MHockey
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NAIA • National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics seeks to
fully integrate life, academics, sport and fitness into the higher education environment.
• Approx. 300 colleges & universities in the US & Canada (College of Bahamas)
• More relaxed rules, especially related to transferring
• Athletic scholarships
• Eligibility Center
• 23 National Championships in 13 sports
• 50,000 student athletes
• Eligibility requirements. Meet two of the three: 18 ACT/860 SAT, 2.0 GPA, or graduate in the top half of class
• Local examples: Maritime, Fresno Pacific, Patten, and William Jessup
• Others: UC Merced, Southern Oregon, Evergreen
• Alternatives: community college, club, intramurals, PG 2/9/2016
After I find my athletic fit…
HOW DO I GET
RECRUITED?
The process is different for blue
chip vs. white chip athletes!
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BLUE CHIP ATHLETES…
ARE IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT Highly valued & recruited athlete:
•College coaches will make contact with these athletes early
(fresh/soph year) through club coaches.
•“You’ve got mail” = September 1st of junior year (text/email)
•Phone call = September 1st of junior year.
•Paid official visit invitations for senior year.
•Home visits from coaches senior year.
•Coaches visit high schools with principals permission.
•Coaches attend their tournaments and sometimes even high
school games.
•Coaches spam, call, email, these recruits, their families, and
their coaches as often as the NCAA permits (and then some).
•Blue Chips tend to “commit” to colleges early in the process.
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Blue Chips!
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WHITE CHIPS… MUST MARKET THEMSELVES
• Keep your grades up so you have more options.
• Create a resume/profile with brief athletic, academic &
personal information
• Create a cover email letter
• Register for the NCAA/NAIA Eligibility Center (by junior year)
• Get to know the NCAA/NAIA websites and understand the
recruiting rules specific to your sport and division.
• Talk to high school coaches/club coaches, trainers, and
camp/showcase coaches to determine best athletic fit.
• Search NCAA “Who We Are” to determine which colleges have
which sport and division.
• Create a big list and MAKE CONTACT!! Email resume/cover
letter!!
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Sample Athlete Resume
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Sample Cover Letter Email
• Dear Coach __________,
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• My name is ___________, and I will graduate in (year). I am a (year in school) at ____________ High School
in California with a ____ grade point average. I currently play for the ______________ club (you can add
more info here to highlight your club team). As well as continuing my education, I would like to play
soccer at the (DI, DII, DII, NAIA, NJCAA) collegiate level.
•
• School specifics here. (I’m interested in your ‘college’ because of... stuff…make this specific but not too long. Put in something specific about the school or program, a friend that speaks highly of it, or if you know the coach mention it, or simply congratulate them on a good season or recent win).
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• While I understand that NCAA rules do not allow you to contact me by phone or email until September 1st
of my junior year (this is for DI & DII schools, not DIIIs), I am attaching a resume of my personal, athletic,
and academic information. This link will take you to a short video of me in action _____________________
(optional). My coaches contact information is ______________________________ (name, email and phone if
you are a sophomore so they know who to contact).
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• I am interested in, and looking forward to, learning more about ‘school’ and the ‘mascot’. I would
appreciate receiving information about your upcoming ID and summer camps.
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• Go (Mascot), (your name)
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After initial contact with coaches,
WHITE CHIPS MUST…
• Track coaches responses & non responses equally.
• Fill out athlete questionnaires on websites.
• Make a short skills/highlight video and send the link.
• Stay in contact with coaches (send tournament updates early).
• Visit campuses. Attend games/matches/meets to show interest
and determine fit. If possible, watch practices & attend class.
• Attend ID Camps, summer camps, prospect camps,
invitational camps, tourneys and combines (ask for feedback).
• Study each team’s roster to determine how many graduate
your year and what positions will become available.
Most importantly, learn from the veteran parents/athletes in your
sport who have been there, and are now wearing the
sweatshirt!!!
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NCAA RULES
http://www.ncaa.org
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SEE THE NCAA WEBSITE REGARDING RULES,
COMPLIANCE, RECRUTING, ELIGIBILITY AND
AMATURISM AS THEY DIFFER GREATLY BY DIVISION
AND SPORT.
TOP 10 COACHES PET PEEVES
1. Parents send emails instead of athlete.
2. Parents call instead of athlete.
3. Parents call and ask us to call them back when it’s against the NCAA recruiting rules.
4. Use of recruiting services (some sports).
5. “Game playing” in the process.
6. Sending hours of video or testimonial.
7. Trying to engage us in conversation at tournaments when it’s illegal.
8. Not taking “no” for an honest answer.
9. Sending information on their high school sports only.
10. The myth that everyone gets a full ride or a scholarship. (Information polled from CAL assistant coaches in all sports)
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ADVICE TO ATHLETES DON’T! Believe everything you hear about scholarships.
Verbally commit without a read from the admissions office.
Put all of your eggs in one basket.
DO! Keep grades up! Keep your counselor in the loop!
Cast a big net and stay in contact with many coaches.
Have strong back ups.
Take standardized tests as early as possible.
Meet deadlines for transcripts/test scores/transcript release form
Start earlier & work harder at the process than non-athletes.
Use the NCAA website, “Who We Are”.
Buy the book - The Academic Athlete by Dickson/Laughrea.
http://www.dcipress.com
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