Former NSR baseball prospects, Chris Roeder, a sophomore shortstop, and Justin D’Amato, a sophomore hurler, for St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, New York, each received post season honors recently. Chris recorded 41 hits on the year with 12 doubles, four triples, 26 RBI and 70 total bases. He was selected to the Second Team for his … Read more
Preparing for the fall can be fun, if you take the right attitude Making plans for the summertime may seem a fun to-do list for high school athletes. With free time staring you in the face, what is an athlete to do? At NSR we are constantly aware of the necessity for preparation. And even … Read more
Volleyball player from Alabama blown away by college responses “Susan and I would like to introduce you to our 13-year-old daughter, Mary Carol Cagle. Yes, I said 13 years old and in the 8th grade!! She is much like any other 13-year-old girl. She has friends, she loves to shop, texts her friends, goes … Read more
NSR 2013 softball prospect, Kendal Bayer, is a first baseman and outfielder from Howell High School in Howell, Michigan. This past Saturday she had what could easily be characterized as a showstopper-type experience as she stacked up some extraordinary stats at the Fred Pieper Memorial Softball Tourney. The 5’6″ multi-talented player, who last year was selected to … Read more
Unsuccessful experience promoting son to colleges leads parent to NSR Riding from the hotel to the NSR home office this morning, I was talking to one of our new scouts from California. He said that what really inspired him to become an NSR licensee and scout was that in 2010, when his son was a senior … Read more
NSR scouts are on the up-and-up with prospects and parents from the first contact Social Media is taking center stage at Ohio State University, but not in a good way. The alarming development exposes the Twitter activities of one Charles Eric Waugh, 31, a man listed on Kentucky’s sex offender registry. Waugh had reached out … Read more
Sage College rookie infielder Kristen Beikirch (Brockport, NY/Brockport High) and former NSR softball prospect was tapped as the 2012 Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year, a program first for Sage. A multiple weekly award winner this spring, she set a Sage single-season hit record with her team-best 57 hits. She also leads the Gators with her … Read more
Get moving with it, or get left behind “It’s too early. We’re going to wait.” “Our son is only a freshman, so we’ll see what happens.” “Our coach says that she is taking care of all that for us.” “We have a friend in the athletic department at her favorite college who says that he’ll … Read more
Some things never change With all the online options available to high school athletes wanting to play at the college level, you’d think that all one would have to do is upload his or her profile on Rivals.com or Scout.com or post their video on YouTube and viola they would get recruited, right? Not so … Read more
Sometimes it’s not all about sports Throughout his four years at Paramus Catholic High School in Paramus, New Jersey, and now as a first-year student at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, former NSR basketball prospect, Vincent Viola, has maintained a delicate balance of academics and athletics. As a 6’7″ basketball player for the Lynx, he commits … Read more
