Our Male Athlete of the Day, Kody Backus, is an excellent baseball prospect, but he will get as much attention from college coaches for his outstanding academic record as for his skills on the mound.  This 4.0 student has dreams of becoming an engineer, but he will also major in mathmatics if that will allow … Read more

Developing a Plan and and Plan B is your best course of action One aspect of college athletic recruiting which gets little mention is the necessity of high school prospects having an end-game plan as they enter the recruiting arena. As college scouts at NSR, we seldom see it. Instead, most prospects have a Plan … Read more

Few people understand the demands you encounter What happened yesterday, last week or last year pales in comparison to what you do today.  As a high school student-athlete,, you are faced each day with the prospect of falling behind athletically and academically. And if you get this key point figured out, you can survive the recruiting … Read more

If you are a basketball fan and want to see a hoops ball hawk, check out our Female Athlete of the Day, Rachel Atchison, from East Troy High School in Troy, Wisconsin.  Her stats prove that she is to be reckoned with on both ends of the floor.  Following her junior year, Rachel pulled in some … Read more

NSR scouts are constantly on the lookout for quality high school student-athletes and Chuck Harris (Chattanooga, TN) certainly discovered one in our Male Athlete of the Day, John Hall.  The 6’3″ senior is a 3.0 student at Silverdale Christian Academy in Chattanooga with plans of becoming a teacher.  In Harris’s scouting report, he says, “John is an outstanding student-athlete that … Read more

  Our Female Athlete of the Day, Tricia Nystrom, is the quintessential NSR student-athlete who stars on the volleyball court and in the classroom.  She carries an impressive 3.53 GPA at Aloha High School in Aloha, Oregon.  She plans to major in Anthropology.  Her high school coach, Kelly Scholl, says it all when she describes this exceptional young … Read more

We are proud to select as our Male Athlete of the Day, Ramiro Flores, a running back, defensive back combo, from Aquinas High School in San Bernardino, California.  He is an All-League performer and was an invitee at the prestigious NUC Top 100 Camp.  His NSR scout, Brad Hoffman, writes this about Ramiro in his … Read more

It’s what happens in the locker rooms that really matters to athletes in the end There was a time not so long ago when every athlete in a school played almost all the competitive sports the school offered.  The athletes were not always great at each one so why did they do it?  Why did they play … Read more

Our Male Athlete of the Day is Cole Schleppy, a 6’0″, 190-pound lacrosse player from JSerra High School in San Juan Capistrano, California.  Cole has earned a 3.3 GPA and plans to major in Psychiatry.  He was named All-League each of the past two years.  His NSR scout is Maxx Davis who says, “Cole is a … Read more

Our Female Athlete of the Day is a 5’8” volleyball outside hitter with a 3.1 GPA.  She is Sarah McAniff, a senior and four-year varsity letter winner from Joel Barlow High School in Redding, Connecticut.  Sarah’s academic interests lie in business administration.  Last week Sarah was named the MVP of the Southwest Conference Championship Tournament, leading … Read more