Parents are always asking National Scouting Report scouts what their young athletes can do to improve. My answer always has been that if athletes are willing to hold up the mirror and be honest with what they see, they have taken the most important step. But as essential as that step may be, it’s what … 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
Want to play college sports? Good luck! Your chances are better of earning straight A’s. College recruiting is a numbers game. There are far more qualified high school student-athletes than there are college roster spots, let alone athletic scholarships. The odds are stacked against you. As a high school student-athlete hoping to play at the … Read more
At National Scouting Report, we have learned that college coaches today are much less concerned about the long-term impact of injuries to high school student-athletes than ever before. Modern surgery and rehab techniques have proved that athletes can recover from serious injuries and get back into top form within a reasonable time frame. It wasn’t so … Read more
In women’s volleyball there is one important benchmark for determining the competitive level of a front-row prospect — her approach touch. National Scouting Report prospect Sami Meyer‘s approach is 9 feet 10. That means she can stand still, take two steps and come within two inches of touching a basketball goal. Yes, that is 2 … Read more
Her name is Briona Rance. Remember it. You likely will hear it again someday. Rance is a 2018 National Scouting Report softball prospect who is already committed to play for the University of Missouri. A prospect must be something special to receive a scholarship offer from a Southeastern Conference softball program as a sophomore. It is, after all, … Read more
Chris Johnson heard the calling. Growing up in a small, impoverished town in Northeast Arkansas, he wanted more out of life. Son of a single mom, he also wanted to set an example for his younger brother and sister. Johnson, a former standout linebacker at Rivercrest High School, hoped to play football last fall at … Read more
Drew University has a long and proud history in women’s lacrosse. The Rangers have reached the Landmark Conference Championship Tournament in seven of the last eight seasons, while producing two of the last three Landmark Players of the Year. Now, second-year head coach Jane Karger will have 2016 National Scouting Report goalkeeper prospect Isabella “Bella” … Read more
Former National Scouting Report prospect Austin Hays has been voted by Atlantic Sun Conference baseball fans as the league’s preseason Most Valuable Player. That is quite an honor for Hays, a junior outfielder at Jacksonville University, who has played only one season of NCAA Division I baseball. Hays, a 2013 graduate of Spruce Creek High School … Read more
Nobody survives for long inside an idyllic bubble. Regardless how hard they try, life simply doesn’t work that way. There are issues, incidents, accidents, missteps, hiccups, happenstances and brouhahas. Life, as it turns out, is complicated and full of unexpected ways our bubbles can be burst. Why then do most parents and high school prospects think everything … Read more
