One thing that really impressed me at the schools where we have done unofficial visits are the academic resources provided to student athletes. I am sure it is designed to help the football and basketball players, but if a student athlete takes advantage of all of the academic resources available to them they have a much better chance of graduating than a regular student!!!
Scholarship offer to HS Freshman
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One thing that really impressed me at the schools where we have done unofficial visits are the academic resources provided to student athletes. I am sure it is designed to help the football and basketball players, but if a student athlete takes advantage of all of the academic resources available to them they have a much better chance of graduating than a regular student!!!
The problem is when the coach leaves before the NLI is signed. Often the verbal commitment leaves with the coach and the player is SOL looking for a ride in middle of her Senior year.
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Okay, at a clinc, then a 16u tournament at a div. 2 college. The college coach, said to us parents at the clinic. We could send him videos of our freshman players and he would be glad to view them, but under NCCA rules, he is not allowed to talk or make any kind of offer or nothing to our dd's. So, I have to ask, if these other coaches are making offers or even speaking with a freshmen, then they are breaking the rules with NCCA, from what this coach told use. So what gives?
So people keep talking about verbals as 2017 or younger player. My dd verbaled to me that she wants to be a Gator, so you can add her to the list of verbals. I hope that, we aren't breaking any NCCA rules by saying that.
So people keep talking about verbals as 2017 or younger player. My dd verbaled to me that she wants to be a Gator, so you can add her to the list of verbals. I hope that, we aren't breaking any NCCA rules by saying that.
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I just went through this with my 2017 dd who was just offered an opportunity to verbal. The coach let us know what the typical accepted student (non athlete) would need and what she would need to get in academically. Since she has a very small HS academic record, they needed to gauge what her grades would look like. What she would need as an athlete was a lot lower than what she would need as a non athlete. Just for ex. if a typical student would need a 1300 math & reading and 3.5 gpa; she would need at least a 1050 math & reading and 3.0 gpa to get in.
Another example is a friend of mines DD was accepted to an Ivy. She got a 2080 on her SAT (all 3). Which was good enough to get in. On the other hand, his son scored 2200 and couldn't even consider that same ivy with better grades as a non athlete.
So yes. apparently there are different standards for athletes. how much, i guess depends on the school.
How it worked for my freshman DD who is about to verbal was the Head coach told her at their clinic to reach out to the assistant via email or phone about a day she could come back for an unofficial visit very soon. My DD emailed the coaches about the day she could make it (just this past Tuesday). They called her travel coach and sent him an itinerary. Our travel coach was the mediator for all information/details until we got on campus and met the coaches. Once we got on campus they could talk freely about anything. After the whole tour, etc, they talked about how much they could offer and grades, etc. and that they were willing to verbally offer her a certain amount if she was going to verbal her desire to play for them.
That's just my experience. They also had a recruiting board in the office with names of 2016s, 2017s and 2018s and the positions they were after. My DD's name was on the top. hehe. not sure if it meant anything more than her name was the first they wrote down but it felt nice when she saw her name there on top.
it looked like they were completely done with 2014/2015s and most of 2016. one was listed for 2016.
www.tier1athletics.org - a great resource for basic information regarding athletic recruiting at highly selective schools.
Some schools have the reputation that once you're in will do everything they can to get you through. It's a good thing to know before you jump in whether there are resources available or you're on your own.
I realize this is anecdotal but DD has been to many recruiting camps over the last 18 months, where many D-1 schools have participated (including the current #1 team) and every coach said the same thing about someone getting a "full ride" - no one gets a 100% full ride athletic scholarship to play softball. That doesn't mean they don't get a big chunk of the available funds (7 1/2 scholarships a year, I think) but that pot of money is usually spread amongst the 15-20 ladies on the team.
Obviously if you're the next Keilani Ricketts that's probably something entirely different
WOW !!! that must have been cool? (seeing her name on top)
