“What we got here is failure to communicate.” Remember that famous line from an old, old movie, Cool Hand Luke, starring Paul Newman. The person who said it, Strother Martin, was a famous character actor who delivered the line to perfection. That line also relates to college recruiting. Breakdowns in the recruiting process often can be … Read more
Numbers don’t lie when it comes to paying for a college education. According to the College Board, the people who administer the SAT, the average annual cost of a private college in America is $35,000. State-supported colleges cost an average of $10,000 per year. Regardless of which route a family chooses, they still face other … Read more
College recruiting violations topped the list of NCAA Division I infractions over the last 61 years, according to a first-of-its-kind study released this week by Temple University’s Sport Industry Research Center. The most common infractions between 1953-2014 were recruiting inducements (57 percent), impermissible benefits (54 percent) and other recruiting violations (48 percent), according to the … Read more
Call him “Matt the Bat.” Matt Yauger, a 2020 National Scouting Report baseball prospect from Levittown, PA, has been turning heads with his play against some of the top competition in the country. Standing only 5 feet 8 and 135 pounds, Matt can hit for average and hit for power. Playing for the Tri-State Arsenal … Read more
Parents of college prospects have some weird, baked-in assumptions about recruiting. Some are founded on just enough info to steer them in the wrong direction. That is so dangerous when a child’s future is at stake. Some are really outdated to the point of making somebody in the recruiting business, such as a National Scouting … Read more
I don’t know how to put it any more bluntly: Parents are lousy at promoting their own high school athletes to college coaches. And once they start down that road, they put their children in a deep hole. Recruiting is far more time sensitive than parents have a clue about. Every day counts from the time … Read more
Want to increase your chances of playing college sports and earning scholarship money? Hit the books. College coaches are seeking good athletes with good grades and good character — the same qualities National Scouting Report scouts seek in prospects they hope to enroll with the nation’s oldest and largest college recruiting organization. Nothing is more … Read more
Want to be an on-the-ground area scout for National Scouting Report? You might want to think twice because what we do for a living takes a special person with a lot on the ball (pun intended). If I had a nickel for every time some sports fan, parent, coach or bystander said to me, “I … Read more
Want to be an NCAA student-athlete? Good luck! Regardless of how good you are — or how good you think you are — the odds are stacked against you. According to scholarshipstats.com, only 5.2 percent of boys high school athletes and 5.6 percent of girls high school athletes will compete in NCAA sports. Of those, … Read more
National Scouting Report scouts are constantly drawn to prospects with a “warrior mentality.” We know this from thousands of one-on-one conversations we have each year with college coaches. They tell us they love to see a prospect whose undeniable competitive spirit jumps out at them. The average prospect doesn’t have it. Their desire to compete, excel and win … Read more
