{"id":4598,"date":"2011-08-22T08:08:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T14:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/\/?p=4598"},"modified":"2011-08-22T08:08:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T14:08:36","slug":"dave-batzer-nsr-focus-of-cali-newspaper-article-on-recruiting-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/dave-batzer-nsr-focus-of-cali-newspaper-article-on-recruiting-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Batzer, NSR Focus of Cali Newspaper Article on Recruiting Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note:\u00a0 NSR Southern California (San Diego) Area Scout, Dave Batzer<\/a><\/strong>, was recently interviewed by the Pomerado News<\/a><\/strong> in Rancho Bernardo, CA.\u00a0 Below are the highlights and excerpts\u00a0of the article.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Exposure key to landing scholarship<\/h1>\n

By Michael Bower<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kristina Serhan received a volleyball scholarship to UC Riverside with the help of NSR's promotions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rancho Bernardo (High) graduate Kristina Serhan<\/a><\/strong> landed a spot on the volleyball roster at UC Riverside<\/a> with the help of a local recruiter.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0So many high school athletes are after it, putting in extra hours on the playing field, in the weight room and in the classroom. After all, no grades means no scholarships no matter how far and accurate you can throw a football.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Believe it or not, parents usually work just as hard as their child trying to help them obtain an athletic scholarship.\u00a0 There are videos to make, coaches to call, emails to send and websites to design.\u00a0\u00a0And even then \u2014 unless the athlete is a top NCAA Division I prospect \u2014 odds are college coaches will not even know the athlete exists or their choices will be limited.\u00a0 There are millions of high school athletes, and college coaches are busy people. The ability to put information directly in the hands of coaches is crucial to have a fighting chance at a scholarship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s why people like David Batzer<\/strong>, a 53-year-old local area scout for the National Scouting Report<\/strong>, exist.\u00a0 National Scouting Report (NSR)<\/strong> has built a solid reputation with colleges and coaches across the nation over the past 30 years.\u00a0 They have about a 95 percent success rate at obtaining a college scholarship for an athlete that qualifies to use their services, according to Batzer.\u201cWe\u00a0(work with)\u00a0kids from Point Loma Nazarene to Princeton and every school in between,\u201d said Batzer, who has been scouting the San Diego area for over a year now. \u201cOver the last 30 years, there is probably not a program or a coach we have not talked to or at least had some contact with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Batzer and NSR<\/strong> (are) not your typical scouting agency. They have no ties to a specific athletic program or coach. Instead, they work to gain exposure for the high school athlete by putting their information out in emails, videos and websites to every college in the country.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Any athlete can request to have a scout from the NSR<\/strong> watch them play, but not all athletes will qualify to use their services.\u00a0 Character, grades and athletic ability are among the things taken into account.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe athlete can get right on our site and can fill out information and it gets directed directly to a local scout,\u201d Batzer said. \u201cThat scout will always check up on them and make sure they are appropriate for us and then go out and watch them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jessica Larsen has been contacted by college coaches impressed with her NSR online video.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Veronica Larsen, the mother of Poway High girls basketball player Jessica Larsen<\/strong> <\/a>\u2014 a soon-to-be senior, felt overwhelmed when trying to figure out the college application and scholarship process.\u00a0\u00a0The family also wants to relocate to the Boston area, and it is rare any coaches from the East leave to scout players on the West Coast. Larsen was approached by Batzer and decided to use NSR<\/strong>\u2019s services.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had no idea what to do,\u201d said Veronica, who has been using (NSR<\/strong>) since the beginning of this year. \u201cI like the fact they already have the contacts and know the coaches and know the colleges, and they have the ability to send out those mass emails, and they actually have a good reputation. We have gotten a good handful of responses saying, \u2018hey, we saw your video and we are really excited about Jessica.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Veronica and Jessica are planning to visit a few colleges in the Boston area before school starts. Veronica says it is definitely worth the money.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy husband travels a lot and I was working at the time,\u201d she said. \u201cThere was just no way I could have been able to do this all by myself. All the emails and correspondence. It is money well spent as long as we can get some kind of scholarship, which is the end goal.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The NSR gets no money from the NCAA or colleges for submitting the information. Their only source of payment comes from the parents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why we have to charge the parents,\u201d Batzer said. \u201cWe cannot charge the schools. It is against the NCAA regulations.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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2013 grad Park Masterson has gotten a jump start on the recruiting process with NSR's help.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Batzer has helped place several athletes in the area, including Rancho Bernardo High graduate and volleyball star Kristina Serhan. She was placed at UC Riverside. Batzer is also working with Poway girls basketball player and soon-to-be junior Park Masterson<\/a><\/strong> and soon-to-be senior Poway volleyball player Sophia Blaszyk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe like that they reach to so many different schools of all different sizes,\u201d said Paul Masterson, Park\u2019s father. \u201cThey already know the steps to take and know the NCAA rules and restrictions. That\u2019s what really impressed us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note:\u00a0 NSR Southern California (San Diego) Area Scout, Dave Batzer, was recently interviewed by the Pomerado News in Rancho Bernardo, CA.\u00a0 Below are the highlights and excerpts\u00a0of the article.\u00a0 Exposure key to landing scholarship By Michael Bower Rancho Bernardo (High) graduate Kristina Serhan landed a spot on the volleyball roster at UC Riverside with … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}