Experienced NSR AD Sends Lacrosse Player in an Unexpected Direction   NSR OTG (on-the-ground) scouts are not merely scouts, they must call on a myriad of skills to properly vet prospects they discover. Being a keen analyst is one of those integral skill sets. In the case of NSR AD (Area Director) Rodney Palmer of … Read more

Track Star Attracting Coaches Through NSR NSR works wonders for high school prospects wanting to be noticed, evaluated and recruited by college coaches across America.  It happens time and again across America and around the globe.  For 32 years, NSR has been responsible for connecting thousands upon thousands of high school student-athletes with American college coaches.  Still, … Read more

NSR AD Goes to Extraordinary Lengths to Uncover Opportunity   At NSR, our OTG (on-the-ground) scouts are constantly scouting prospects in their areas in search of top-quality high school student-athletes that have the athletic talent, desire, character and family support to become legitimate college prospects.  Only about one in ten prospects we initially identify are eventually … Read more

Parents Alerted to Low-odd Ways to Promote Children  The numbers are shocking, staggering and sobering. Of America’s high school seniors playing athletics, according to the NCAA, only a very few will advance to participate in sports at an NCAA member institution. These are not numbers parents and prospects think about, but they are real and daunting. If … Read more

Going High, not Low, Wins in the Academic Game Great athletic talent will open doors for you, yes, but great grades will avail you of far more opportunities. As your core GPA, class rank and standardized test scores increase, so do your college options. It’s a simple matter of making you more academically valuable to … Read more

NSR OTG Scout Gives Prospect a Major Bump in Interest Every once in awhile a very special talent comes through the NSR recruiting pipeline that distinguishes herself in extraordinary ways by performing over and above her peers in the classroom or chosen sport.  Happily, we are seeing this more and more often in the NSR prospect ranks. … Read more

The NCAA and NAIA have initial eligibility centers in place, albeit the NAIA came to the party very late.  That aside, both organizations’ offices are meant to accomplish two primary objectives:   To verify high school and junior college student-athletes’ core course grades and standardized test scores. To expedite the process for freshman and JUCO eligibility. To eliminate cheating … Read more

Relationship with Head Coach Puts Star Guard Over the Top with ERC  Father Lopez High School (FL) shooting guard Dalton Barnes (and National Scouting Report prospect) had offers from as many as a dozen schools, including some Division I programs.  But his longtime relationship with Embry-Riddle College coach Steve Ridder and the chance to play … Read more

When Coaches Buckle Down and Come at You, Will You Be Ready? Every high school prospect that is eventually recruited will at some point enter the RZ, that is, their own recruiting Red Zone.  That’s where every move, email, voice mail, phone call, in-person meeting, text, Facebook post or Tweet counts as a gain or a loss … Read more

There’s a New AD in Town We all know what AD is an abbreviation for?  Athletic Director.  But now there’s a different connotation.  It’s “Area Director” and that is what you will find when exploring NSR’s Web site as you search for the on-the-ground NSR scout near you.  At NSR, we believe that the best way … Read more