Rick Allen, Founder of Informed Athlete, talks about WHEN & WHY a high school athlete should take the ACT & SAT Tests.

It is common for athletes to transfer from one school to another in the middle of the academic year.  Here are some general reminders about midyear transfer situations.     1. Baseball players transferring TO an NCAA Division I program at midyear cannot be eligible until the following academic year.  This is true regardless of whether the athlete [...]

The NCAA College Recruiting Calendars for December 2010 and January 2011 for many of the top sports are now posted.  To access, please go to NCAA recruiting calendars.  For your convenience, the calendars are in pdf format, and the first page contains a listing of the recruiting definitions.  This is the time of year when some [...]

If you are going through the college athletic recruiting process or will be soon, the information in Rick Allen’s new book could save you THOUSANDS of dollars.  Allen’s new book Both Sides of the Plate – Insider Secrets for Navigating the College Baseball Recruiting Process  is now available for $17.95 + $4.75 shipping.     Decisions made during [...]

The NCAA College Recruiting Calendars for October, November, and December 2010 for many of the top sports are now posted.  For your convenience, the calendars are in pdf format, and the first page contains a listing of the recruiting definitions.  Informed Athlete educates, advises, and assists families of high school and college student-athletes on issues related to [...]

Informed Athlete is very pleased & proud to announce the addition of Ryan Allen to our team. Ryan completed his final year of college baseball eligibility in May after playing 3 years for the University of Missouri (2006-2009) and 1 year (2010) for the University of Central Missouri.  He will graduate in May 2011 from [...]

In the Division I sports of baseball, cross country/track and field, softball, and women’s volleyball, as well as men’s and women’s lacrosse, recruiting phone calls to prospects are limited to once per week outside of a contact period, but are unlimited during a contact period.   Phone calls will also be unlimited during a contact period [...]

If you are a incoming freshman athlete and are planning to participate in an NCAA Division I or Division II sports program this fall, you will need to finalize eligibility and amateurism status to be eligible to compete as a freshman. To obtain final amateurism certification:1.  Log onto http://www.eligibilitycenter.org/ and select the box for “Fall [...]

The NCAA College Recruiting Calendars for June & July 2010 for many of the top sports are now posted on Informed Athlete’s website:  www.informedathlete.com under “Recruiting Calendars” in the menu bar.  For your convenience, the calendars are in pdf format, and the first page contains a listing of the recruiting definitions. Informed Athlete educates, advises, and assists [...]

The end of the school year will be arriving before we know it, bringing with it graduations and awards ceremonies where many scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors to help pay for their college education.  For those students who will be playing a sport at an NCAA Division I or II university, it [...]

We are excited to provide this update on Donnie Webb following our recent interview with him.  His agent informed us that Donnie was called up from the Indians minor league camp to the Cleveland Indians big league spring training squad.  In his first at bat in the sixth inning of a shortened intra-squad scrimmage game, [...]

Last week, Seantrel Henderson, one of the top football recruits in the country, flew from his home in Minneapolis to New York to announce his college commitment (University of Southern California) live on the CBS College Sports Network’s National Signing Day special. That same day, other elite recruits announced their college choices on ESPNU. Then, [...]

If you are a fan of college football, you have probably heard of the recent controversies at the University of Kansas and Texas Tech University, as well as at South Florida. At each of those schools, the head coach was fired for alleged mistreatment of players.  One coach allegedly made inappropriate remarks about players families [...]

Have you ever watched an athlete who obviously has raw athletic skill falter and not achieve his or her highest potential while others who aren’t as athletically gifted excel far beyond anyone’s expectations? Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a GOOD athlete and a GREAT athlete? If  you are an athlete, the [...]