PUTTING PLAYERS, COACHES, PARENTS, AND SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE BEST POSITION TO SUCCEED!
DERICK SNELL 763-244-9442
NUMBERWONFAN@HOTMAIL.COM
COLLEGE RECRUITING
When should I start the process?
The College Recruiting process truly starts with the players freshman year of high school. This is when players grades and social media will start to accumulate as they go through their high school experience. Don't leave thousands of dollars on the table by beginning your high school academic career on the wrong foot. Just like with batting average, the slower the start, the harder it is for players to get that average up. If you start well out of the gate, it's a lot easier to navigate.
Despite what you might have been told or believe in, college athletic scholarships aren't your largest bargaining chip with colleges, GRADES are. Unless you are one of the few very elite players that will get paid to play or NIL money, you're average athletic scholarship breakdown is here:
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NCAA Division I: Average athletic scholarship is around $18,000–$18,013 per athlete Scholarship Stats.com.
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Football (FBS) averages about $25,000 per player annually gitnux.org.
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Men’s basketball full-ride scholarships average $60,000 per year gitnux.org.
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NCAA Division II: Average is about $6,588–$8,054 per athlete Scholarship Stats.com.
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NCAA Division III: No athletic scholarships based on performance, but all athletes receive some form of non-athletic financial aid averaging about $17,000 sportslawblogger.com.
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NAIA: Average athletic scholarship is about $8,093 per athlete Scholarship Stats.com.
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NJCAA: Average is about $2,376–$3,259 per athlete Scholarship Stats.com.
The current wild west status of the NCAA
As many of you have been recently hearing, the NCAA has been changing the rules and regulations of the college recruiting landscape and process. 5 for 5 was just passed and it's changing recruiting for high school athletes. A wrench was just thrown in July 31st when a judge in Colorado opened the door for the class of 2022 to have a 5th year of eligibility. DI programs have roster limits that are shrinking over the next couple of years and it will directly affect how colleges at every level recruit high school players. First and foremost, it will affect the number of high school players at the DI and DII levels who normally would recruit 6-10 incoming high school seniors. Now that number is expected to be more in that 3-6 range. College recruiting has different timelines, calendars, and rules for each sport and this ultimately can affect how a players is recruited along with how much money they potentially can leave on the table. Living the Dream Sports helps players and families navigate this very complex and ever shifting process to help ease the burden for those who aren't experts in college recruiting. With a vast network of college coaches and coaching staffs, Derick can help find the best and right fit for any player wanting to play their sport at the next level.
Living the Dream Sports ideal college recruiting time lines
Freshman Year of High School
Sophomore Year of High School
Junior Year of High School
Senior Year of High School
This is where student athletes learn about how grades and social media will impact their potential college scholarships and reputation with college coaches. We don't believe student athletes at this age should worry too much about finding colleges just yet. We believe they should concentrate on getting better with their practice habits, physical and mental skill sets.
Student athletes and their families start thinking about the right type of fit for colleges and college baseball programs. Living the Dream Sports coaches will help athlete assess their physical and mental skill sets and start planning a prospective college list to fit their skills sets. Advising on showcases begins this year. It's important to know the advantages and disadvantages of certain showcases and what their values are to the student athlete. We use this year to teach and train athletes how to start getting noticed by college baseball coaches.
This is the year athletes typically have the most fun with the recruiting process. College coaches can now make contact with players even though their main recruiting season is one year away. Updating metrics and developing relationships with coaches is critical part of the junior year. College campus visits and meeting up with college baseball programs can begin. It's important for student athletes to remember they are a student first and athlete second. The college campus is a very important aspect of being a college student athlete.
An Athlete's senior year is the "year of recruitment", Most athletes will be recruited (outside of DI) during their senior year. This begins in June of between their finished junior year headed into their senior year. It's not too late for most athletes to get noticed if you haven't started the process until this time. However, you will be behind a lot of other athletes who began this process earlier. If you have a chance please start this process as early as you can so the athlete and their families don't feel rushed and behind the 8 ball in the process. It puts undeserved pressure on everyone involved. Most athletes will sign during the first signing period in November. October is an important month as the FAFSA results will be released and athletes and their families will know what financial aid packages look like.
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