Compromising Our Core Values is Not an Option As 2012 NSR student-athlete commitments begin to arrive in our home office, it reminds us about the high quality of the prospects our company represents. NSR scouts are out in force every day across America and in five foreign countries personally evaluating talent at high school, club, … Read more
Your Best Future Could Rest within Smaller School Options The excitement over Butler and VCU advancing to the Final Four in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is well-founded. We’ve seen the changes coming with previous underdogs George Mason (2006) and Butler (2010) advancing to the pinnacle of college basketball. But this year is different. These DI stepchildren … Read more
Former North Florida Star Is Living Her Lifelong Dream National Scouting Report 2003 alum, Lisa Taylor, didn’t have far to go to hook up with NSR as a high school soccer player at Spruce Creek High in Daytona, Fla. As it turns out, she was a good friend of the oldest daughter of NSR veteran … Read more
Assume Nothing and Make Certain the Company and Its People Are Really Serving You When you elect to use a scouting service, do your homework. There are several basic things any recruiting service worth its salt should be capable of doing for you as a client. Before signing a contract or assuming that these items … Read more
Kirk Herbstreit is arguably the nation’s top college football analyst as well as one of the sport’s best color commentators. He’s also an Ohio State alum who has never been bashful about his allegiance to the Buckeyes and the state of Ohio. Having played football and served as the Buckeye’s team captain as a senior … Read more
Getting Angry Easily or Being Too Hard on Yourself Can Ruin Your College Future A college coach can be watching at anytime. You never know. So, when you make a mistake, what do you do? Throw your helmet, a towel or a fit? Do you hang your head and mutter under your breath? When you do these things, what’s a coach supposed to think? … Read more
It’s All Really a Matter of Economics College coaches are required to squeeze as much out of a dollar as possible. What does that have to do with them rarely going to high school games? Let me explain it this way: If I said that you would win a prize for bringing me the most rubber duckies, … Read more
Gaudy Numbers Make Taylor High Shortstop an Obvious Choice Her credentials are eye-popping: A junior shortstop, for the week Kayla Drury batted .600 with six runs scored, six steals and four RBIs as her school, Taylor (FL) High improved to 6-2 on the young season. Through all games to date, Kayla was hitting at an impressive .593 clip to go … Read more
The Next Few Years Will Be the Most Interesting and Influential of Your Life There is a full-length feature film being made at this moment. No one has any idea if it will be a box office hit or a flop. And, the only the person who can manipulate the outcome is you…because it’s a movie … Read more
Shooting Guard Garners Post-season Honors for Third Straight Year Former NSR basketball prospect, Lenoir-Rhyne’s Cameron Sealey has been named to the 2010-11 All-South Atlantic Conference Women’s Basketball First Team. Cameron was second in the conference in scoring (17.9 ppg) this season and led the Bears in free throw percentage (.801), steals (50) and three-pointers made (49) in 2010-11. A … Read more
