Hello all. My son is a jr in high school and interested in competing in college. He is looking at several d1 and d3 schools. When should he start contacting the coaches, and should he email the head coach directly, an assistant coach directly, or fill out the recruitment form? Also, HE should be the one to contact them correct, not me?
Finally, what exactly should be said in an opening first email and is there any preferred or proper way he should write or word his email?
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Anyone else with more helpful information than just posting the NCAA homepage would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Have your son email him directly his PRs, GPA and any other interesting stuff that might catch the coachs eye. Also email the assistant coach. Also fill out the questionaire.
Didn't they teach you how to click-through in the Ivy League? Sweet Jesus.
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/issues/recruiting+overview
My apologies, I forgot that using any random name on LetsRun is taken for granted. I did not go to the Ivy League, I'll make sure to choose a more subtle name next time I post. God this have to be the snobbiest open forum ever. I come seeking some basic, legitimate advice and get unhelpful responses...
Honestly, what's with the people on this site. I can always go for some forum humour, but half the time it's just plain idiotic responses trying to call out someone's grammar or purposefully be unhelpful.
Bitch I helped you. Take your happy ass off somewhere else.
To be fair, you got one helpful reply. What more do you want? Anything else would be restatements of that same advice. I'd say call the coach, though. Makes a bigger impression.
Hey,
I'm a high school senior and I'm going to be running at a d3 school next year. At this point your best bet is to start filling out the forms. Contacting coaches is also good. I suggest putting together an "Athletic Resume" like one of the guys suggested above. Put down significant cross country times from sophomore and junior year (or even freshman if you feel like it), if it was a sectional or state meet race, you may want to include the placing. Put down any kind of honors or positions held on the team (i.e. 1st team all-league, captain). You're basically sending the coach a preliminary application, so include any kind of stuff that you would slap down on the app. Leadership positions, grades, SAT/ACT, etc.
I went and visited schools last spring. Shoot the coach an email with the resume attached and a short little introduction. Coaches for the most part are always happy to meet with you as long as you give them a heads-up.
letters can go something like this:
Dear Coach,
My name is ABCDEFG and I am a junior at XXXXX. I run cross country and distances in track and would love to run for you at YYYYYY. I am visiting the campus on [date] and would very much appreciate the chance to stop by and meet you if that is possible. My tour is scheduled for 2:30, but I would like to meet at your convenience.
I have attached a brief athletic resume, but here's a quick summary: I have run three years of cross country in high school, two of which were at the varsity level, and was the team captain this fall. This is my third season of track. I have run a 1600 PR time of X:XX. My goals for the season are to break X:XX in the 1600 and to get close to or under XX:XX for the 3200.
Hope your season is going well. I look forward to meeting you.
XXXX
I'm not sure what to tell you in terms of D1. I didn't really get reached out to by many d1 schools that I was interested in. Filling out recruiting forms can't hurt though. Hope this helped.
Entitled much?
You ARE on the internet. Learn to use it already.
American recruitment is interesting atleast. Well see how it turns out!