Want to play college sports? Good luck! Your chances are better of earning straight A’s. College recruiting is a numbers game. There are far more qualified high school student-athletes than there are college roster spots, let alone athletic scholarships. The odds are stacked against you. As a high school student-athlete hoping to play at the … Read more
In women’s volleyball there is one important benchmark for determining the competitive level of a front-row prospect — her approach touch. National Scouting Report prospect Sami Meyer‘s approach is 9 feet 10. That means she can stand still, take two steps and come within two inches of touching a basketball goal. Yes, that is 2 … Read more
Her name is Briona Rance. Remember it. You likely will hear it again someday. Rance is a 2018 National Scouting Report softball prospect who is already committed to play for the University of Missouri. A prospect must be something special to receive a scholarship offer from a Southeastern Conference softball program as a sophomore. It is, after all, … Read more
Chris Johnson heard the calling. Growing up in a small, impoverished town in Northeast Arkansas, he wanted more out of life. Son of a single mom, he also wanted to set an example for his younger brother and sister. Johnson, a former standout linebacker at Rivercrest High School, hoped to play football last fall at … Read more
Drew University has a long and proud history in women’s lacrosse. The Rangers have reached the Landmark Conference Championship Tournament in seven of the last eight seasons, while producing two of the last three Landmark Players of the Year. Now, second-year head coach Jane Karger will have 2016 National Scouting Report goalkeeper prospect Isabella “Bella” … Read more
Former National Scouting Report prospect Austin Hays has been voted by Atlantic Sun Conference baseball fans as the league’s preseason Most Valuable Player. That is quite an honor for Hays, a junior outfielder at Jacksonville University, who has played only one season of NCAA Division I baseball. Hays, a 2013 graduate of Spruce Creek High School … Read more
Nobody survives for long inside an idyllic bubble. Regardless how hard they try, life simply doesn’t work that way. There are issues, incidents, accidents, missteps, hiccups, happenstances and brouhahas. Life, as it turns out, is complicated and full of unexpected ways our bubbles can be burst. Why then do most parents and high school prospects think everything … Read more
All across America, dozens of National Scouting Report football prospects signed letters of intent Wednesday on National Signing Day. From early morning through late evening, Larry Perrin, National Football Director, attended signings in person or posted them on NSR’s recruiting tracker. It was an eventful, rewarding day. “As a company that represents top-notch high school … Read more
National Signing Day has come and gone. There was lots of hoopla Wednesday surrounding where dozens of National Scouting Report prospects signed National Letters of Intent. But what if you weren’t one of the lucky ones who signed? What’s next? First off, don’t get caught up in all the hype. National Signing Day is far … Read more
National Scouting Report scouts run into this problem all across the country: junior and senior prospects who still haven’t taken the SAT or ACT. High school prospects are — plain and simple — given bad advice on this important topic. Those telling prospects to wait until they are seniors to take these tests are no … Read more
