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Updated Recruiting Calendars are Posted
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 [...]
Former Mizzou pitcher Ryan Allen joins Informed Athlete
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 [...]
New Phone Call Rule Effective August 1, 2010
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 [...]
NCAA Freshman Eligibility Certification
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 [...]
June & July Recruiting Calendars now posted!
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 [...]
Key Points About Outside Scholarships
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 [...]
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, [...]
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, [...]
Recent Coaches Controversies
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 [...]
FREE Telseminar – Mental Strength & Athletic Performance
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 [...]
What is Informed Athlete?
Informed Athlete LLC (www.informedathlete.com) provides guidance and answers questions that high school and college athletes, parents, and coaches have about college athletic recruiting, eligibility, transfers, and scholarships. Rick & Julie Allen founded Informed Athlete in 2008 to help families of student athletes who have the athletic skills to compete at the collegiate level, but often struggle through the recruiting or transfer process and make mistakes that cost a lot of money or result in an athlete quitting their sport before they have reached their full potential.
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.
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 [...]
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, [...]
Summer Camps – An opportunity to be seen!
Summer is a very important time in the recruitment of high school athletes by college coaches. Participation on summer teams, in summer individual competition, or in summer camps and clinics are an opportunity to be seen by college coaches as you are participating in your sport. This has become more evident over just the past [...]
