Last weekend National Scouting Report sponsored the championship court at the Junior Volleyball Association’s Rock n’ Rumble tournament in Cleveland. The event featured over 300, 12u-18u volleyball teams from some of the top clubs in the Midwest, Mideast, and Midsouth. The tournament took place at the Cleveland Convention Center in downtown Cleveland. Sponsoring one of the … Read more
Club volleyball tryouts are over and teams have been made. Every player is excited to start practice with her new team because this will be the year she will be recruited, or will it? We see and hear it over and over again. “My daughter plays club volleyball so she will get seen. Her club … Read more
Hannah Towne had given up on scouting services! Then she met Sheila Thiery, a real life college scout for NSR. National Scouting Report is a college scouting and recruiting organization. Towne, a very talented volleyball player from Rochester, Indiana, was enrolled by her parents with a telemarketing scouting service, but something was awry – nothing … Read more
“The box”. Every sport has a recruiting box. Volleyball is no exception. Not all athletes are a Division I fit. But no matter the level you want to play, college coaches check “the box” first to see if an athlete looks like a fit on paper. What box do you fit in? In Division I, … Read more
Chalk up another NCAA Division I softball commitment for National Scouting Report. Elle Buffenbarger, a 2017 pitching prospect from William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio, has verbally committed to play for Youngstown State University of the Horizon League. The Penguins, under head coach Brian Campbell, are coming off one of the best seasons in … Read more
Abby Witucky enrolled with National Scouting Report as a virtual unknown. One-and-a-half years later, she received an offer from one of the premier NCAA Division II women’s volleyball programs. A 6-foot setter from Marietta, Ohio, she had practically no exposure before being discovered by NSR. Due to the ongoing efforts of Sheila Thiery, NSR National … Read more
When you talk to Gracie Garanich, you realize she is no ordinary high school student-athlete. Gracie’s maturity and sophistication in talking about her past, present and future in indoor and sand volleyball instantly catches your attention. The National Scouting Report prospect is quite articulate for a 16-year-old junior. Her words are insightful, confident and reveal someone … Read more
National Scouting Report is an American success story. Founded in 1980 by Bob Rigney in Birmingham, Ala., NSR was America’s first college recruiting organization. During the past three decades, NSR has enjoyed continuous growth domestically and abroad. Current expansion, however, has the company moving forward at an unparalleled pace. Today, the company is firmly in the capable hands of … Read more
If you choose college coaching as a career, count on having a moving van on call. Such was the case for Sara Rondeau. It’s a hard life to be uprooted so often in search of the ideal job. Thankfully, Rondeau found that last year in Indiana. But the job she’d always dreamed of wasn’t in coaching … Read more
The recruiting process has become a complex process. And it is a nagging problem for families that cannot be solved by joining a club or travel squad, making all-whatever or relying on coaches to get their athlete exposed to college coaches. This Generation Z recruiting environment is tough and parents should prepare for it to be a long, … Read more
