Develop the Whole Person Instead of Creating Prima Donnas This is an epidemic we don’t like to see, but we admit its prevalence — young athletes who, if they don’t get their way, or feel they are being treated unfairly, choose to pack up and move on to what appears to be the next best thing, or … Read more

30 Years and Counting, NSR Continues Founder’s Legacy   NSR’s 30-year anniversary of helping high school student-athletes attract the attention, receive evaluations and get recruited by college coaches starts this month as we chronicle the extraordinary legacy created in 1980 by founder Bob Rigney (pictured) and carried on today by the Rigney family.  Dubbed “The Father of … Read more

Cal versus UC-Davis Holds Special Meaning to NSR in California Saturday’s grudge match between The University of California (Cal) and The University of California at Davis (UC-Davis) holds special meaning for all of us at National Scouting Report, but espcially for NSR in California.  Five former NSR prospects, three from UC-Davis and two from Cal, will be on … Read more

NSR’s Service Is More In Demand Than Ever At NSR, we receive requests from college coaches every day.  With budget shortfalls and the steady decrease in alumni giving and corporate gifts, college CEO’s are putting the pinch on athletic departments to cut expenses, if not corners in ancillary spending.  That’s bad news for coaches, but … Read more

Scouts Asked to Look Closely at Prospects Legendary Mississippi State baseball coach Ron Polk, the winningest coach in the history of the Southeastern Conference, gave the keynote addresss to NSR’s licensees and scouts at the 2010 NSR National Meeting held in Birmingham, AL.  Faced with a room full of attendees, Coach Polk treated the group with a myriad … Read more

One of Three Major Problems Being Scrutinized The NCAA‘s upcoming proposal which, if adopted, will dictate that Division I institutions delve deeper into incoming student-athletes’ academic records and require poorer students in football and basketball (men’s and women’s) to take summer school classes prior to full-time enrollment.  At NSR, we support this proposal as a positive step … Read more

There Is a Way, But It’s On You  If you are a high school athlete who has put your sport waaaaay in front of your grades for waaaaay too long, but you want to play college sports so badly it hurts, it’s time to face reality — good grades are absolutely necessary if you have any hope of reaching the … Read more

In the fall of 2005, sophomore Paige Hoffman was wondering what she would do if not recruited to play college volleyball.  After all, her older sister, Lauren, was a senior and one of the best outside hitters in their league, yet she was getting zero attention from coaches.  Making matters bleaker was the fact that … Read more

Courtney Found Her Grove in the Spring of 2010 Courtney Davis’ senior year playing softball for Erskine College (SC) didn’t appear to be anything special during fall and winter workouts, but when the 2009-2010 season started in February something interesting started to happen.  Courtney’s inconsistent bat came alive and stayed that way through a record-breaking … Read more