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College Recruiting Information Session 2019: Empowering Athletes to Pursue Their Dreams

Join our college recruiting information session to learn about NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III, NAIA, and NJCAA collegiate levels, scholarship opportunities, common recruiting mistakes, key websites, and social media sources. Get insights from a panel of recruited players and discover how SportsRecruits can help you organize your profile, communicate with coaches, and streamline your college recruiting process.

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College Recruiting Information Session 2019: Empowering Athletes to Pursue Their Dreams

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  1. College recruiting information session 2019

  2. Agenda • Kick-off • Recruiting Overview • Recruited Player Panel Discussion • Key Websites • SportsRecruits

  3. Common recruiting mistakes

  4. COLLEGIATE LEVELS NCAA Division I NCAA Division II NCAA Division III NAIA NJCAA http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/Recruiting%20Fact%20Sheet%20WEB.pdf

  5. Facts about NCAA Sports http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/future

  6. Odds of playing softball in college

  7. Scholarship opportunities http://www.scholarshipstats.com/softball.htm

  8. Social media

  9. Key Information sources • NCAA Eligibility Center • http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/future • SportsRecruits Recruiting Guide • https://sportsrecruits.com/sportsrecruits_recruiting_guide_introduction • Scholarship Stats • http://www.scholarshipstats.com

  10. Recruited player panel • Holly Weinberger: St. Cloud State University • Shelby Novotny: Northern State University • Alison May: Ithaca College • Abby Graham: Saint Benedict College • Sydney Schwartz: Valley City State University • Clare Ceynowa: Univ. of Minnesota

  11. SportsRecruits & Minnesota Vortex Empowering our athletes to pursue their dreams

  12. Sportsrecruits 101 100% of college coaches are on SportsRecruits. No more tracking down contact information.

  13. Empowering our athletes to pursue their dreams ORGANIZATION IS KEY • One central place to organize all of your academic and athletic information • Unlimited video storage so you can be sure to highlight all of your talents! • Key areas of your profile (video, HS transcripts, press links) give you real time notifications for which colleges are viewing your information – be sure to have a fully filled out profile!

  14. Video is important

  15. Empowering our athletes to pursue their dreams INFORMATION IS POWER • Searchable database that includes every college program in the country • Filter out a list of schools that fit your custom criteria (region, academics, athletic division and more) • All of the essential school information is included right on SportsRecruits (athletic program overview, school profile, admissions rates, financial aid)

  16. Empowering our athletes to pursue their dreams STREAMLINED COMMUNICATION • The SportsRecruits database contains every athletic program in the country and every coaching contact • Message programs from your favorites list with one click • Or just start typing any school name in the “To:” field and simply select the coach

  17. Helpful links • SportsRecruits 4-minute Overview • Recorded SportsRecruits 101 Webinar • (enter your email and you are good to stream) • SportsRecruits LIVE Webinar Schedule • SportsRecruits Recruiting Guide: an interactive roadmap • SportsRecruits Knowledge Base • PS - Add SportsRecruits to Your Phone in 30 Seconds!

  18. Sportsrecruits Working session Build your profile “Like” Schools

  19. Appendix

  20. Empowering our athletes to pursue their dreams ORGANIZATION IS KEY • Vortex players have favorited over 500 college programs across the country • Players, parents and club coaches can all see a player’s favorites list in one organized place • U of MN Duluth, MN State and U of MN were the most popular programs amongst Vortex players thus far

  21. Empowering our athletes to pursue their dreams OUTREACH IS KEY!! • Vortex players have sent nearly 500 messages through SportsRecruits • Resulting in nearly 300 profile views, 200+ video views and 100+ messages directly from college coaches – the proof is in the pudding! Sending messages = getting profile views! • Kudos to the MN A’s 18U Maroon squad for getting off to a great start – keep it up!

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