Athletic Scholarships & Financial Aid

National Letter of Intent & Athletic Scholarships

November is an exciting time for those high school seniors (or junior college athletes) who have been recruited by an NCAA Division I or II athletic program and have been offered an athletic scholarship to continue participating in their sport in college.
These athletes will have an opportunity to sign a National Letter of Intent with [...]

 

College Athletes

Campus Visits 101

One of the most important decisions that a college athlete recruit will make is which college scholarship offer to accept.  The best way to learn about a college or university and the baseball program, that you are interested in or that that is recruiting you, is to visit campus.  From the standpoint of NCAA rules, [...]

 

Eligibility Issues

Does your nutritional supplement contain banned substances?

It was recently reported by the New York Times that two dietary supplements that are popular with high school football players, Mass Xtreme and Tren Xtreme, contain steroids, according to court documents filed by federal authorities.  Search warrants executed by authorities on July 23 allege that the products, manufactured by American Cellular Labs, contain illegal [...]

 

Latest News

Update on Donnie Webb

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, Donnie hit [...]

 

Recruiting Issues

Commitments & Signings Getting Out of Hand?

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, USC was [...]

 

Transfer Issues

Athletic Scholarships & Transfer Issues

“You need to transfer if you want to get more playing time.”

That’s the last thing that a college athlete wants to hear from his or her coach. Sometimes transfers are initiated by the athlete, but many times they are initiated by the coach.

Throughout the years, I have encountered many different reasons for athlete transfers including coaches moving to another school, athletes wanting to move closer to home, athletes desire to switch schools, or because their scholarship has been reduced or cancelled.

 
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