From the monthly archives: January 2011
As a college prospect, the life choices you make will be closely scrutinized from the moment you enter the ninth grade. That’s unfair to you and other young teens, but it’s the way it is.
Think about it this way: On the first day of your freshman year, you begin to paint a picture of yourself. But, it’s more than [...]
THE VILLAGES, FLA. — Savannah Shaw has played an integral role in the turnaround of two sports programs at The Villages High School. Shaw helped the VHS volleyball team to its first winning season as a junior in 2009 — a feat the team repeated in 2010. Now Shaw is on the verge of leading [...]
By Donna Janotta, LL-C Correspondent Laurel Leader-Call The Laurel Leader-Call (Editor’s note: NSR has edited this article.)
LAUREL, Miss. — Eighteen-year-old West Jones High School senior Macie Wallace is a notable player on the West Jones Lady Mustang Soccer Team. Wallace has started since eighth grade. Her accomplishments on the field (are) just as [...]
Success Rests on a Prospect Possessing Four Characteristics
It could be easily argued that earning a college basketball scholarship is one of the toughest of all undertakings for an aspiring high school athlete. It’s akin to finding a hair on the top of Dick Vitale’s head — it’s hard baby!
Hundreds of thousands of American kids, [...]
Often Overlooked, Division III is the NCAA’s Brilliant Third Offspring
It’s not The Show. Your kid won’t play in front of mammoth crowds of adoring fans. He’ll probably never fly to an away game or see himself featured on Sports Center. There is no such thing as the athletic dorm and he may have to dress in his [...]
Facing True Life Can Be Too Much for the Overindulged
Every day our local newspaper posts digest versions of college athletic department press releases. These little ditties, about a sentence in length, throw news out to us freakish sports nuts who want to know a little bit about everything going on without being bothered [...]
Four Other Programs Will Also Ink Classes
February 3rd might be a banner day for NCAA DI & DII football programs, but meanwhile just down the hall coaches in four other sports will be anxiously waiting to see which high school seniors have chosen to sign with their programs. Field hockey, track and field, [...]
Spruce Creek Guard One of Sunshine State’s Top Players
Over the past two years, Dalton Barnes has emerged from relative obscurity to being widely recognized as one of the top guards in Florida high school basketball. He is a junior at Spruce Creek High in Port Orange, Fla, and his NSR scout is
Receiving a letter from a college coach does not mean your kid is being recruited. Coaches send hundreds, if not thousands, of these letters to prospects every year. Why? Coaches want… To see which kids respond and show reciprocal interest To get more detailed information such as stats, academic standing, email address, schedule, etc. [...]
NCAA President Mark Emmert paved the way for reform in his inaugural speech at the organization’s annual convention last week in San Antonio, Texas. In particular, Mr. Emmert announced his intention to close the loopholes which resulted in wide criticism of the association’s eligibility rulings in the matters of Auburn’s Cameron Newton and [...]
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