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| Varsityedge provides information for parents, student-athletes, & coaches on the college recruiting process and what it takes to play at the next level. Here you will find information on athletic scholarships, recruiting, financial aid, recruiting rules, college applications, visiting schools, life as a college athlete, coaches/player interviews, NCAA rules, and much more. Varsityedge.com is also the home of THE MAKING OF A STUDENT-ATHLETE - Succeeding in the College Selection and Recruiting Process for High School Athletes, Parents and Coaches. Varsityedge.com is a free athletic recruiting information site for all student-athletes, parents, coaches, counselors, and anyone else looking for information on the college athletic recruiting process. |  |
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 The Making of a Student-Athlete
Succeeding in the College Selection and Recruiting
Process for High School Athletes, Parents and Coaches
The Making of a Student-Athlete: Succeeding in the College Selection and Recruiting Process for High School Athletes, Parents and Coaches - is the newest college recruiting guide from the founders of Varsityedge.com and Athletesadvisor.com respectively. If you are a parent, a student-athlete, coach, guidance counselor, or anyone involved in assisting high school athletes with the transition to college athletics, The Making of a Student-Athlete will assist in all facets of the college application and recruiting process. It is a must read for everyone! MORE INFO
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"I have had the unique experience of coaching football at the D1, D2, and D3 level as well as high school for the last 25 years, and in that time, I have not come across a finer guide on the college recruiting and college selection process than The Making of a Student-Athlete. If you have any desire to play at the college level, I implore you to read this book!" John Papas - Director, New England Elite Football Clinic
See why others are calling The Making of a Student-Athlete the best recruiting resource they have come across. GO
PAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Is your school or organization interested in a recruiting seminar? More Info
 | COLLEGE COACHES ONLINE
Some parents and students have requested information from us as to where they could find contact information and lists of schools so we have been doing our own research to find a useful tool. College Coaches Online is an online and CD format tool that allows parents and students to search for different college athletic programs and schools using a variety of criteria such as division, location, academic criteria and much more. Results provide accurate contact info for college coaches as well as email and web links to coaches and athletic web sites. Varsityedge.com visitors can receive a discount on either the online version or the CD. MORE INFORMATION |
 | MAXIMIZE YOUR FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Families today need every advantage they can get when trying to pay for college. As a potential student-athlete, you have the advantage over other students who are not athletes, because you can tap into an additional source of aid which is athletic scholarship money. Unfortunately, athletic scholarships are few and far between and despite your skill or desire, there is a good chance you will have to fund the majority of your education. The good news is, in addition to being eligible for athletic scholarships,we've found an easy step-by-step guide to help you access the billions of dollars in financial aid, grants, and scholarships that are available to you from the Government and colleges. Read On |
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Take the varsityedge.com recruiting quiz and receive our 9-page quick start recruiting guide for parents (PDF) for FREE. The Varsityedge.com recruiting quiz is an informal quiz to test your knowledge on basic recruiting rules, regulations and some other things you should probably know if you are involved with the recruiting process in any way. TAKE THE TEST
Recent Articles
- Fall Recruiting Plans. Fall Recruiting Plans
- National College Fair Schedule. GO
- Making recruiting video work - Recruiting video plays a role in recruiting but it needs to be done right. - Recruiting video (new)
- Making the Summer College Camp Circuit Work - College camps in the summer present a variety of recruiting opportunities. - Summer College Camps (new)
- Strange and Unusual Scholarships. Non-athletic scholarship money is often not considered by student-athletes because they are too busy trying to get an athletic scholarship. In reality, you may have a better chance at receiving a non-athletic scholarship or academic aid than you do an athletic scholarships. - Strange & Unusual Scholarships
- Choosing Schools By Division - The Wrong Way to Choose! - Many parents and high school athletes simply assume that if they cannot play Division 1, they can play Division 2, and if they cannot play Division 2, they can play Division 3. - Choosing schools by division
- Changes in the Recruiting Process and College Landscape - The NCAA has changed eligibility requirements from 13 to 14 core classes and dropped computer science as an acceptable core course. In 2008, it will jump to 16 core courses. Changes in the recruiting process
- Odds for an athletic scholarship don't depend on participation numbers. Many recruiting services pitch exposure as the ultimate recruiting tool and the number one reason that you won't be recruited if you don't have it! While exposure is important, it's exposure at the right level, as no amount of exposure will help you get recruited by a coach if you lack the skill to play for that coach and team. Odds for an athletic scholarship
- American Idol and College Recruiting - What does American Idol have to do with college recruiting? Well, nothing really! However, American Idol shows that despite “exposure” if you can’t sing worth a lick, you aren’t going to get selected to move on or be offered a record deal. American Idol & College Recruiting
- Summer Recruiting Plans. Summer Recruiting Plans
- Spring Recruiting Plans. Spring Recruiting Plans
DID YOU KNOW?
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| | The United States Coast Guard Academy, one of the 4 US Military Universities, typically ranks as the hardest school to gain admissions to in the country each year. Last year's acceptance rate was a paltry 7% out of almost 6,000 freshman applicants. MORE
According to a new survey by Nellie Mae, the student loan company, college student borrowers now amass an average of $27,600 in educational debt, almost three and a half times what they compiled a decade ago in unadjusted dollars. MORE
According to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Director of Communications, Casey Angle, 17% of the tennis players competing at NCAA schools in the 2002-2003 school year were international players with nearly a third of the players in Division One being foreign born. MORE | | |
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| | Indiana University has broken ground for several major athletic facilities, including the Memorial Stadium North Endzone Facility, a basketball development center and a baseball stadium.
UC Davis gained official D1 status and will compete in the Big West Conference and offer 26 varsity sports.
The Oklahoma Sooners must erase wins from their 2005 football season and forfeit 2 scholarships for the next two years
Bluefield College has decided to add another sport, but it is not the sport everyone keeps asking about. The institution has decided to bring back men’s and women’s tennis after a long hiatus, hiring Matt Bohman as the new coach for both squads. Tennis will begin as a club sport at Bluefield College for the 2007-2008 school year. But then they will look to compete intercollegiately in the Appalachian Athletic Conference. All News | | |
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