About Alan Parham Enforcement Organization Often Unfairly the Target of Derision It’s hard to understand why people rail on the NCAA as if it makes all the rules. Member schools make the rules. The NCAA’s job is to monitor and enforce those rules. Yet, when a school is hammered for wrongdoing, it’s usually the NCAA that gets much of … Read more
Coaches Sometimes Forget Where They Came From Ego? Eh, maybe. Certainly, in some instances, we know of college coaches that would rather cut an ear off Van Gogh-style than admit that someone outside their office put them onto a legitimate prospect. It doesn’t make much sense, but that’s the way it is. An NSR scout recently … Read more
No One Wants to Own the Failure Literally thousands of deserving senior prep athletic prospects, freshly graduated from high school, will not realize their dreams of playing college sports this coming fall. Sad, isn’t it? All the work, time, effort and money invested in this crucially important dream and nothing to show for it in terms of a scholarship … Read more
NSR 2012 softball prospect, Emily Davis, from Newton County High School in Decatur, MS, has been named 2011 Miss Softball Mississippi by The Clarion Ledger (Jackson, MS). She also was named to the MHSAA first team All-State. Emily led her team to a state championship while hitting .504 with eight home runs and an 18-0 pitching record. The … Read more
Water During the Game, Sport Drink Aferward Listening to JOX FM 94.5 in Birmingham today, they had a doctor as their afternoon guest. He was talking about staying hydrated during all the heat we have now and can expect the next several months. I thought about changing the channel, but instead decided to listen in for a … Read more
Your Mind Will Get Lazy If You Don’t Keep It In Shape First, let me admit out front that I have absolutely no scientific evidence to back up this claim, but from experience of watching thousands of high school athletes during the last 10 summers, it is my opinion that your mind can definitely get … Read more
Good Grades Lead to More Looks Think good grades aren’t a big deal? Think again. College coaches can admire your athletic abilities from afar, but if you don’t have the necessary grades to be admitted to their schools, far away is as close as you will come to getting a scholarship offer. Coaches are tuned into good grades for other reasons, … Read more
And they said it couldn’t get worse. Two months ago we predicted darker days were ahead when Jim Tressel’s unfortunate version of the truth was being challenged by the media and the NCAA. Exposed emails communicating Tressel’s apparent knowledge of the scenarios in question and the subsequent, alleged cover-up have taken the once proud program deeper into no-man’s land. … Read more
Freshman from Bastrop, Texas, Tosses Second Gem in School History Former NSR softball prospect and Texas Lutheran University freshman right-hander Jordan Mundine was recently named the American Southwest Conference West Division Pitcherof the Week. Jordan tossed a perfect game with six strikeouts in an ASC West 8-0 win over Sul Ross State. Her gem was the second perfect game … Read more
Put These On Your Must-do List This Summer Online research will give you a fairly good idea about what a particular college campus has to offer and what a coach is like, but nothing replaces seeing them in person. This summer presents the perfect opportunity to make what the NCAA calls “unofficial visits.” These are … Read more
