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How Can I get Recruited?
Top 10 Things To Do To Get Recruited

10. Be an athlete.  Practice hard year-round. Learn year-round and get better at your craft. Present yourself with excellence. Continue to show your love for the sport.

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9. Keep your grades up.  Know the eligibility rules. GPA, Test Scores, and MAPS.

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8. Know what you want. What are your interests? How far from home? What kind of school do you want? What level of play best suits you? What can your family afford?  Fill out the provided form from when you sign up with Fedds College Consulting.

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7. Research schools through the Field Level Platform as well as the internet. Find out what schools offer and what schools need. Find out about coaches. Research similar schools on conference websites.

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6. Understand Recruiting Rules.

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Apply to the NCAA Eligibility Center @ https://web3.ncaa.org/ecwr3/

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NAIA has its own recruiting rules and eligibility center @ http://www.playnaia.org/

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Junior college recruiting rules and eligibility center @ http://www.njcaa.org/todaysNJCAA_Eligibility.cfm?category=Eligibility 

 

5. Use Field Level or other online platform to send resume or email to coach detailing yourself.

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4. I am not one for skills videos unless they highlight your leaping ability, lateral movement, speed and agility.  More importantly, you need to showcase your skills through game play.  So, it is important to put together 1-2 highlight videos which are 3-5 minutes in length of game film.

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3. Get on Field level (https://www.fieldlevel.com/app/feed) or any other online platform like University Athlete and keep your profile updated. These are online programs coaches use to identify players at tournaments.http://universityathlete.com/

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2. Keep your coaches involved (both high school and club).   Let them know who you are contacting, and who is contacting you. They will be one of the first points of contact for college coaches and are critical in the recruiting process.

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1. Be proactive! Prepare for all National Tournaments by giving your coach copies of your resume (or invite through Field Level) for coaches who inquire about you. Email updates and schedule reminders to the coaches with whom you are in touch, Send out periodic match video and highlights (or update your highlights on Field Level (You should have 2-3 highlight films each year) . Keep up to date on schools and email coaches with short notes after big events.

 

If you want to learn more about being recruited, click on the link to NCSA which has a myriad of helpful information.  

College Classifications

NCAA Division I: 12 Full ride scholarships (usually a yearly commitment)​

NCAA Division II: 8 Full ride scholarships or equivalency of.

​NCAA Division III: Financial packages can be offered based on academics.​

NAIA: Separate from NCAA & can offer Athletic and Academic packages.​

JUCO: 2 year schools that can offer Athletic and Academic packages.

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*Levels of play and geographical areas should be considerations in your research.

ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY

The NCAA Eligibility Center verifies the academic and amateur status of all student-athletes who wish to compete in Division I or II athletics.

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Division I and II:

  • Graduate from high school.

  • Complete a minimum of 16 core courses for Division I or 14 core courses for Division II. After August 1, 2013, student-athletes who wish to compete at Division II institutions must complete 16 core courses.

  • Earn a minimum required grade-point average in core courses.

  • Earn a qualifying test score on either the ACT or SAT.

  • Request final amateurism certification from the NCAA Eligibility Center.

 

For Division I student-athletes who will enroll in August 2016 and later, the requirements to compete in the first year will change. In addition to the above standards, prospects must:

  • Earn at least a 2.3 grade-point average in core courses.

  • Meet an increased sliding-scale standard (for example, an SAT score of 1,000 requires a 2.5 high school core-course GPA)

  • Successfully complete 10 of the 16 total required core courses before the start of their senior year in high school. Seven of the 10 courses must be successfully completed in English, math, and science.

 

Div III & NAIA:

  • Contact the College directly.

 

ACT & SAT Test:

  • Students should take the SAT in their junior year. This test is offered in the fall (If you want to retake it during your senior year) and the spring. During the registration of these tests, please select the clearinghouse as a recipient (code 9999). For test dates see the following sites:  SAT: www.collegeboard.com

More Information

When can college volleyball coaches contact you?

NCAA Division 1 and Division 2 volleyball coaches can contact athletes starting June 15 after an athlete’s sophomore year of high school. This includes extending verbal offers, electronic communications (such as emails, texts, instant messages, etc.) and phone calls are acceptable at this time.

 

Visitations:

  • Visitations are defined as "official" and "unofficial".

    • Official visitations - These visits are paid for by the colleges for players and their parents. Meals and transportation are included. You must provide your HS transcripts and test scores (ACT or SAT) prior to your visit. Official visits can occur after the 1st day of classes during your senior year.

    • Unofficial visitations - These visits to college campuses are paid for by parents only. These can start your freshman year and occur as often as possible but not during dead periods.

  • During visitations with prospective collegiate coaches, student-athletes should have a list of questions to ask and record. For example:

    • What is your coaching style like

    • Are you looking at other players in my position

    • How much conditioning occurs during practice

    • What are the academics like

    • What is covered under my scholarship

    • What happens to my scholarship if I'm injured

    • Are you expecting a change in the coaching staff

 

Red Shirting:  As a redshirt athlete, you may practice but you can not play one second during a college game or scrimmage. The redshirt year does not count as one of the four years for playing eligibility

 

NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT

 

The purpose of the "National Letter of Intent" is to secure a binding agreement between the college and the student-athlete. Once an athlete has signed this letter, they are obligated to play for that school and should not receive any more recruiting contacts from other schools. The National Letter of Intent program is not under NCAA affiliation but is under the Collegiate Commissioners Association. Failure to honor this commitment may cost a player up to two years of eligibility at another institution. 

 

VIDEO TAPING: RECRUITING PURPOSES

​Some of the best information about this process is free on NCSA.  Click here to read more.

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