Can it actually be better to be a non-recruited walk-on to a Division I baseball team compared to a player who’s been actively recruited to join that team?  It can be when a baseball player desires to transfer from one Division I program to another!  As many of you know, in Division I baseball, a [...]

Reading our newspaper the other morning, an article in the sports section mentioned that a local high round baseball draft choice had recently signed a letter of intent with an area Junior College.  He’s keeping his options open, may play there for one year, and have the opportunity to be drafted again in 2012.   [...]

Rick Allen, Founder of Informed Athlete, talks about the NCAA college baseball transfer rules and one-time exception.

January 15th is the first day that athletes in selected sports can sign a Letter of Intent Scholarship Agreement with a junior college.  Those sports are baseball, men’s & women’s golf, ice hockey, softball and men’s & women’s tennis. The National Letter of Intent and the NJCAA Letter of Intent/Scholarship agreement are separate documents, so [...]

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, [...]