As an all-state cross-country and track runner who held school, league, and state records, I thought the colleges would come looking for me. They didn't. Unless you are an all-world football or basketball player, colleges won't come looking for you. You need to market yourself to the college programs. Also, the odds are you will not become a pro athlete, so you need to be realistic in your college search. Our philosophy is to use atheltics as your admissions hook to help you get the best education that you possibly can. In fact, the student who has the best chance to gain admissions to an Ivy League school is a recruited athlete. Recruited athletes are admitted at approximately 50%, as opposed to the general population who has less than a 10% chance of getting in. Whether you plan on playing Divsion 1 or Divsion 3, it is important to remember that if you enjoyed playing a sport in high school, you will still enjoy playing in college. It will help enrich your college experience. It will also help you make friends and contacts who will remain with you for the rest of your life.

Top College Recruiting Myths

If I'm good enough, colleges will find me.
I am going to get a college scholarship for playing my sport.

We have collected some resources for the college bound high school athlete. Instead of offering athletic recruiting marketing as a stand-alone service, we attempt to integrate it in to our comprehensive package. If you are looking for someone only to assist you with the athletic portion of the college process, we recommend Wayne Mazzoni. In our experience, most college coaches do not pay much attention to the mass-mailed resumes that they receive. Since their time is limited, they do not want to waste any of it with a student who might or might not be interested in their school. Learn how to market yourself to college programs in our guide to marketing yourself to college programs.