| It's your dream or your son or your daughters | | | | he feel that you have what it takes to play |
| dream to win an athletic scholarship to play the | | | | sports in college, and at what level. You might ask |
| sport they love in college. The question is how do | | | | him or her what do I have to do to improve. |
| you give yourself every chance possible to make | | | | In order to get a an edge on the competition and |
| that happen. | | | | become a triple threat you need to have as |
| The first question you have to ask yourself is, | | | | many extracurricular activities as possible on your |
| am I qualified to receive an athletic/academic | | | | Player Profile. You can qualify for the work study |
| scholarship to play sports in college. So what are | | | | program and receive federal funds in many cases |
| the qualifications? May I suggest the first thing | | | | if you have enough community service |
| you need to do is to do an overall academic | | | | extracurriculars. How about school government, |
| assessment. Meeting with your guidance counselor | | | | playing a musical instrument, church service and |
| is a good place to start. Tell him or her that it is | | | | so on. These kinds of activities are also a way for |
| your goal to win an athletic scholarship. There are | | | | the college coach to judge you character. |
| several things you need to go over with your | | | | CHARACTER COUNTS BIG TIME! |
| counselor. The first thing is to ask for a copy of | | | | Now everything is in order, so what is next? |
| the NCAA "College-Bound Student-Athlete." The | | | | EXPOSURE! Without the exposure it is like trying |
| next thing is to make sure you are on track to | | | | to sell your Cadillac that is kept in the garage that |
| meet core class requirements. The third thing is | | | | nobody ever sees or even knows about for that |
| to ask how you can bring up your GPA. The next | | | | matter. It is a daunting task that takes a lot of |
| thing is to talk about the SAT or ACT. | | | | time and some sort of financial commitment. We |
| Great, your academics are in order and you have | | | | are talking about building a player profile and |
| read and understand the guide, "College-Bound | | | | sending it out, making phone calls, sending emails, |
| Student-Athlete." The next thing is to meet one | | | | going to camps/combines, joining a club or travel |
| on one with you coach and have him help you | | | | team, making a video, touring college campuses |
| with an athletic assessment. In other words does | | | | and more. |