by Ryan Allen (Mizzou-2006-2009; UCM 2010) For all freshmen and newcomers, it is important to go into Fall practice and expect to challenge for playing time immediately.  Don’t be content with just being along for the ride.  Make the decision harder on your coaches by showing that you are a viable option to contribute right [...]

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 [...]

The NCAA College Recruiting Calendars for July & August 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. This month’s calendars also make [...]

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.eligiblitycenter.org/ and select the box for [...]

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, [...]

How determined are you to achieve your goals?  Could you overcome being cut from your high school team?  Once?  Twice? How about not being chosen for the local summer team?  Would you keep trying? What if you were cut from the post-season travel squad of your college team after you had key late-season hits in [...]

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, [...]