About Gary Silvers During in-home meetings with potential National Scouting Report prospects and their parents, I always ask student-athletes if they know the cost of attending a four-year college or university. Their answer is almost always the same: “A lot.” I laugh. They laugh. But, in reality, it’s no laughing matter. Higher education is expensive — very expensive … Read more
The evolution of National Scouting Report continues. NSR president Rusty Rigney announced this week at the company’s four-day national meeting in Allen, Texas, that Evolution 2.0 will be launched in September. The launch will come just nine months after the world’s oldest and largest college recruiting organization unveiled Evolution, a state-of-the-art, interactive portal system for … 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
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 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
Life has been a snap for Jack Hadley, who has been the center of attention at several state, regional and national long-snapping events this summer. Hadley, a 2018 National Scouting Report football prospect from Forked River, N.J., placed second out of 80 long snappers last week at the Chris Rubio Long Snapping National Underclassmen Invitational … Read more
Want to be scouted for college coaches this summer? You have three choices: Show up at a tournament or showcase and hope to be discovered. Email all of the coaches whom you hope will scout that tournament or showcase. Contact a local National Scouting Report representative. Option 1 likely won’t do you much good. If … Read more
Baseball scouting is in Mike Gossner’s blood. Eight months a year for the past 11 years, he has been scouting high school, junior college and college baseball players for the Baltimore Orioles. Since January, he has been scouting high school players for National Scouting Report. “I just love the game,” said Gossner, 62, an NSR … Read more
We are coming to the end of another school year. Hopefully, our National Scouting Report recruiting seminars and blogs have taught you a thing or two about college recruiting in the past year. Before you depart for the summer, NSR would like to test your recruiting knowledge. Below are 20 true-false questions that may make … Read more
