Here’s a secret:

If you want to be a top college basketball recruit you can’t sit back and “WAIT” for the letters to come in or for the phone to ring.

You’re an athlete!  Since when do we sit back and wait for anything?

Which is why I want to congratulate you on what you’re doing right now. You are taking the initiative to get recruited, to become a highly recruited athlete, and to get that scholarship.

Sports in high school are so fun…And the rewards of making it to play in college are…

…awesome! You’ll love college ball.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s grueling, but it’s soo sooo fun – Hard practices, traveling, great competition, and you still have to maintain good grades as a full-time student. It’s a challenge to say the least.

But there are a few activities that you must do to get recruited:

• You have to develop yourself into a solid athlete and basketball player.
• You have to keep a good GPA and pass your SAT or ACT test.
• You have to become eligible to play in the NCAA.
• You have to get recruited and accept an athletic scholarship.

This is a small sample of what it takes to play in college.

Did you know:

• There are 1,002,040 high school basketball players.
• But Only 30,624 NCAA basketball players.
• There are also 652 Division 1 Basketball Teams in the NCAA…
• 560 teams in Division II, and 817 teams in Division III basketball.
• And those basketball players are fighting for 9,126 scholarships in Division I and 5,600 basketball scholarships in Division II.

How will you stand out? By working hard to develop your skills as a great “baller”, by keeping up with your grades and becoming NCAA eligible, and by putting the recruiting secret to work for you.

To Your immediate and lasting college basketball recruiting success,

Kenney & Kim Edwards

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Why?

Because it tells me you have been doing some homework.

You have been slowly, but surely figuring out the little secrets to getting recruited, getting an athletic scholarship, playing college sports, and you are actually putting to work the information you’re gathering.

There is really one thing that you need to know about the NCAA Clearinghouse…

It’s that they are the “Eligibility Center” for the NCAA.

If you want to play sports in College in the NCAA, then you will have to go through the NCAA Clearinghouse. That’s it!

They basically check to make sure that you are eligible to compete in the NCAA.

• They check to make sure that you have taken and passed your core courses.
• They check to make sure that your SAT or ACT test scores are high enough.
• They make sure that you graduate.
• They will certify that you are an amateur.

All this may sound like a lot or scary, but I assure you it’s not.

Just go to school, pass the core classes and graduate, take and pass your SAT or ACT test (according to the NCAA sliding scale chart), don’t accept money to play sports and be careful in your dealings with agents and professional teams.

*Note: You can and should take the SAT or ACT more than once. They take your best scores for each part and put them together to give you the highest score possible. They really do want you to win.

Update: All student-athletes must now complete the amateurism certification questionnaire.

The NCAA also has this free guide called, “The Guide For The College-Bound Studen-Athlete”.

Also, here’s a pretty cool, little piece of online software that has every college that is in the NCAA.

That includes:

• Lists of NCAA Schools and Conferences by Division
• Lists of NCAA Schools and Conferences by Sport

Cool…So, now you know, if you want to play college sports, you’ll have to get registered with the NCAA Clearinghouse…And don’t wait until the last minute.

To Your Immediate and Lasting NCAA Success,

Kenney & Kimberly Edwards

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