NSR Founder Bob Rigney’s Legacy Lives On

This month signals the 32nd anniversary of founding of America’s first high school scouting and college recruiting organization, National Scouting Report (NSR).  In 1980, Bob Rigney changed college athletic recruiting when he began to promote high school athletes directly to coaches through his scouting reports. 

Bob’s legacy is unmatched in its [...]

The Influence of That Moment is Far-reaching Beyond Expectations

Putting on a college athletic uniform for the first time is one of the most thrilling moments an athlete can experience. The countless hours of work, sweat, sacrifice and, often, physical pain required to reach that seminal point are suddenly all worthwhile.

For high [...]

One Letter Does Not a Scholarship Offer Make 

Recruiting letters from college coaches are a prospect’s first, real connection to those schools’ coaching staffs. They signal to a prospect that they could conceivably become an actual recruit. But, as exciting as it is to receive one, prospects would be wise to keep them in proper [...]

An NSR AD or Area Scout Can Clear the Way for Prospects

The recruiting process is a heady experience which can take a recruit on a daily rollercoaster ride of emotional ups and downs. For NSR prospects, you know, the lucky ones who constantly hear from college coaches through the receiving recruiting of letters, emails [...]

Experienced NSR AD Sends Lacrosse Player in an Unexpected Direction

NSR OTG (on-the-ground) scouts are not merely scouts, they must call on a myriad of skills to properly vet prospects they discover. Being a keen analyst is one of those integral skill sets. In the case of NSR AD (Area Director) Rodney Palmer [...]

Track Star Attracting Coaches Through NSR

NSR works wonders for high school prospects wanting to be noticed, evaluated and recruited by college coaches across America.  It happens time and again across America and around the globe.  For 32 years, NSR has been responsible for connecting thousands upon thousands of high school student-athletes with American college coaches.  Still, [...]

NSR AD Goes to Extraordinary Lengths to Uncover Opportunity  

At NSR, our OTG (on-the-ground) scouts are constantly scouting prospects in their areas in search of top-quality high school student-athletes that have the athletic talent, desire, character and family support to become legitimate college prospects.  Only about one in ten prospects we initially identify are eventually [...]

Parents Alerted to Low-odd Ways to Promote Children 

The numbers are shocking, staggering and sobering. Of America’s high school seniors playing athletics, according to the NCAA, only a very few will advance to participate in sports at an NCAA member institution. These are not numbers parents and prospects think about, but they are real and daunting. If [...]

Going High, not Low, Wins in the Academic Game

Great athletic talent will open doors for you, yes, but great grades will avail you of far more opportunities. As your core GPA, class rank and standardized test scores increase, so do your college options. It’s a simple matter of making you more academically valuable to [...]

NSR OTG Scout Gives Prospect a Major Bump in Interest

Every once in awhile a very special talent comes through the NSR recruiting pipeline that distinguishes herself in extraordinary ways by performing over and above her peers in the classroom or chosen sport.  Happily, we are seeing this more and more often in the NSR prospect ranks. [...]