{"id":6451,"date":"2012-09-11T22:08:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T22:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsr-inc.com\/blog\/?p=6451"},"modified":"2012-09-11T22:08:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T22:08:05","slug":"not-a-starter-now-not-to-worry-college-coaches-still-want-you-if-you-can-play-and-have-great-grades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/not-a-starter-now-not-to-worry-college-coaches-still-want-you-if-you-can-play-and-have-great-grades\/","title":{"rendered":"Not a starter now? Not to worry, college coaches still want you…if you can play and have great grades"},"content":{"rendered":"

Academics trump athletics nearly every time with coaches<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Former NSR prospect, Brooke Parrott, a four-year, two-sport starter at Pikeville University, never made an All-Conference team in high school.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Surprised?\u00a0 Thought so.\u00a0 It’s true.\u00a0 College coaches aren’t always looking for talent at the very top level, even on high school teams.\u00a0 If you are a solid athlete, playing behind a group of exceptional athletes, you may indeed be a college athlete candidate.\u00a0 The major key for you?\u00a0 Great heart and exceptional academics.<\/p>\n

College coaches dearly love dependable athletes that walk in the door with great work habits, excellent character and superb grades willing to take on a support role on the team as they develop.\u00a0 College teams are not always packed from top to bottom with great players because not every coach has the luxury of landing a roster full of top-notch performers.\u00a0 In fact, they do normally have spots\u00a0available, and some scholarship help,\u00a0for student-athletes in the development phase.<\/p>\n

Regardless of the stats you post in high school, if you can demonstrate on video a full grasp of your sport’s fundamentals and can offer a transcript which proves that you are academically sound, you can be attractive to coaches.\u00a0 There is evidence to support, too, from our long history of assisting high school athletes, that many prep non-starters have gone on to become excellent college performers and contributors to their teams.<\/p>\n

The bottom line?\u00a0 These unique athletes that can take pressure off a coach’s budget by earning academic scholarships are highly sought after by many coaches.\u00a0 If you can\u00a0play the game and while producing at a high level in the classroom, there is probably a place for you in college athletics.<\/p>\n

Want to know more?\u00a0 Contact your nearest NSR\u00a0Area Scout<\/strong> for more details and to\u00a0learn how you can get into the recruiting process and have a chance to play college sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Academics trump athletics nearly every time with coaches   Surprised?\u00a0 Thought so.\u00a0 It’s true.\u00a0 College coaches aren’t always looking for talent at the very top level, even on high school teams.\u00a0 If you are a solid athlete, playing behind a group of exceptional athletes, you may indeed be a college athlete candidate.\u00a0 The major key … 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":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451"}],"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=6451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6453,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451\/revisions\/6453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}