Meet with your guidance counselor to ensure you are on target with your core academic requirements. Know your core class GPA and class rank.

Schedule yourself to take the SAT and/or ACT. Consider using a study aide. Take your test early as college coaches will need to know your score before your senior year.

Stay active in your extra-curricular activities. Consider volunteering for community service or other events.

Obtain the NCAA Guide for the College Bound Student-Athlete. Read it! Understand it!

Update your player profile each semester. Consider your GPA, class rank, test scores, academic honors, athletic stats & honors and your contact information.

Review NCAA recruiting rules and regulations. Know the key timelines that are in effect for your sport. Become familiar with the Letter of Intent signing dates!

Mail your profile (each semester). Send to 200-300 schools for MAX exposure. Consider using an outside source that can expedite your information to colleges.

Have an influential person write a letter of recommendation to college coaches on your behalf.

Consider making some phone calls to the top schools of interest to you.

Consider attending a summer camp to enhance your playing abilities.

Update your highlight video of your athletic performance. The video should be available for mailing to college coaches upon request

As a junior you can receive your 1st phone call from a college coach on July 1st after your junior year. (May 1st of your junior year for football players). It’s important to understand these dates, and to make sure coaches have your contact info.

Most high school players enter their senior season assuming that a college coach will still find out about them. The fact is, you need to find ways to draw attention to yourself “before” your senior year in order to get the best scholarship opportunities. It has been said, “most coaches will recruit off of your junior year performance.”

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