Why You Need a College Recruiting Plan
So you want to play softball in college and think you have the grades and skills necessary to do so. That’s great! But do you have a plan? Even if you’re one of the best on your team or even in your league, you still need a plan. Hopefully by the time you finished reading this you’ll understand why.
Being able to continue in sports after high school is over involves more than just good grades and physical ability.
I know a student-athlete who:
- Was a 4-year varsity starter
- Made the all-conference team 3 times
- Made the all-state team 3 times
- Was named player of the year in her conference as a senior
- Graduated with a 3.6 GPA
- Graduated with an Honors diploma from an academically challenging prep school
- Graduated in the top 10% of her class
- Took the SAT only once and scored a 1290 back when the test was still out of 1600
- Was on a “high profile” team (conference champs 4 times, state champs 3 times)
Her senior year the local newspaper did an article on her and said she was “a top college prospect.” In the 15 years her coach led his team to 4 state championships and even he said she was “the best fielding, throwing, hitting, and running player I’ve had in my 15 years of coaching.”
This player had physical ability and strong academics, but no college recruiting plan.
This player was me…READ MORE
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