Unified Recruiters:

Improving

Communication

Between

Admissions and

Athletics

Alex Catalan

Assistant Director of

Admissions

Beloit College

Beloit College: At-A-Glance

Admissions and Athletics Task Force

Building a Shared Vision of

Student-Athlete Recruitment

Task Force Members • Nancy Benedict, VP for Enrollment Services

• Christina Klawitter, Dean of Students

• Robin Hamilton, Ast. Director of Admissions

• Brian Vraney, Men’s Basketball Coach

• Chris Brann, Head Football Coach

• Alex Catalan, Ast. Director of Admissions

• Jim Zielinski, Director of Admissions

• Tim Schmiechen, Asoc. Dir. of Athletics/Men’s Soccer

• Increase the qualified student-athlete applicant

pool by 10%

• Increase the yield from among our most

desirable student-athlete applicants

• Marked improvement and increase in

communications among the staffs with the

purpose of making recruited student-athletes’

experiences more seamless.

Measurable Goals

• Develop strategies or structures for communicating about basic business

operations, departmental changes, opportunities and innovations;

• Recommend streamlined ways of communicating with and about recruited

student-athletes;

• Recommend improved or ceased use of the coaches’ student-athlete rating

system;

• Recommend collaborative strategies for using Slate as a tool for recruiting

student-athletes.

• Recommend strategies for the communications/marketing plan of each

department to complement each other.

• Recommend strategies for the best use of human and financial resources to

take advantage of new MWC recruiting rules.

Objectives

• Use data, whenever possible, to examine assertions and

impressions.

• Participants should seek input from the broader staff on

every issue discussed by the task force and are expected to

regularly keep the staff apprised of the team’s progress.

• Explore and inform recommendations using best practices

achieved at peer institutions.

• Focus on creating efficiencies and consistency where ever

possible, avoiding a ‘we’re all unique’ mentality.

Guiding Principles

Task Force Work

Outcomes

Next Steps

Team Huddle – Discussion