Recruiting Questionnaires Do Not Matter

I simply don't get it wrote:

i'd like to add this... wrote:

If you really want a response send an email directly to the coach. If the coach doesn't reply at all then at that point you can go ahead and judge the coach or the school. (the guy above who thinks a coach is going to reply to every questionnaire sent to the school is not really understanding the situation.)

You are missing the point!

Questionnaire submitted but then same exact school sends letter through have coach. If they were interested then why ignore the questionnaire?

Perhaps the coach didn't see or read the questionnaire? Is that possible? Do you think maybe not every D1 program has several coaches doing the recruiting in every area? Perhaps the coach has his/her hands full coaching the current team, following up on specific recruits, answering emails from recruits (see first line above), and administration issues. It is possible that the coach didn't see or read the questionnaire because of the volume of them received and the fact that 95% of the questionnaires are from students that the coach can't/won't add to his/her team.

In this particular instance there is no way of knowing why the letter was sent or who sent it. Ultimately that isn't really important. Like the first line says, if you want a response from the coach send an email directly to the coach. If you do that you will have a much better chance at getting some attention and a response.

Data mining answered your question. They are barely looking at questionnaires from juniors until late in the spring. But they have a guy send out letters to all juniors in a commuting area who are under some threshold.

FWIW, College Head Coach: I respond to 100% of the emails I receive. If you are a 29:51 5K girl, I personally respond. Who knows, maybe you have a Soph. sister running sub 18:30 and they take notice? I have been at my current college for 4 years. My university hired an outside agency to run our website. They are terrible. If you fill out our recruiting questionnaire, I will receive an excel spreadsheet of everyone that filled the questionnaire out the past 12 months maybe 1 time per year. So if you fill it out in January of 2019, I will see it in December of 2019 (11 months later) I have brought this up to our University countless times but there has yet to be a change. With that being said, I probably would have signed 1 person in 4 years that filled out the questionnaire as most if not all were academic fits but poor runners (Sr. Boy running 5:39 for the 1600M) Just email the coach directly.

Why would a coach contact the high school coach first?

a) I do it out of respect for the current coach as I do not want him-her thinking I am recruiting around their back

b) I want to establish a relationship with the HS coach for future recruits or maybe another current athlete on the team

c) I know you told me how great a person you are but I want to hear it from your coach (I will ask about your character, work ethic, willingness to listen-learn, ability to get along with teammates etc.)

Good luck!