Frost on the grass. Jackets on. Breath visible. Must be time for baseball. It’s early November on the campus of Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina and National Scouting Report prospects, along with a handful of other prospects, are waiting for the frost to dissipate so they can stretch and warm up. While the day … Read more
Connections can only take you but so far in today’s recruiting environment. No one knows that truth better than Marty Hurney. See, few people on the American sports scene have the depth of football connections Hurney enjoys. It would not be much of a stretch to say he knows nearly every college and pro head football … Read more
NSR scouts see it in the eyes of nearly every prospect’s parents. We call it Sudden Panic Syndrome, or SPS, and it’s not pretty. And when it slams into parents like a 40-mile-an-hour head-on collision, everything in their world comes to an abrupt halt. Sudden Panic Syndrome is that moment when parents are suddenly, without … Read more
There is no denying it. Every prospect’s top nemesis? The clock. With a short four years to be recognized, evaluated, compared to other like athletes, and finally recruited, make campus visits, and perhaps offered, every tic-toc of the clock counts. Those are a lot of things which need to happen. The less time a family has … Read more
There may be a handful of 6-foot-two freshman softball pitchers in America. Jaycie Cline is an NSR prospect, she is one of them and she is very good. Her height definitely gives her an advantage in the circle, but what may be her biggest plus side is that she is a relentless competitor. NSR’s national … Read more
Former National Scouting Report prospect Amber Flores has risen from obscurity to the top in everything she’s pursued in softball, academics, and life. She is an extraordinary person in every sense of the word. Her infectious, positive attitude and upbeat approach have catapulted her to unexpected heights. A native of Southern California Flores is proud of her roots. … Read more
