Subscribe to the NCSA BlogReal Recruiting Letters – Sample #1
November 4th, 2009 - byLetter from Coach, Sample #1
“Dear Susan:
I am pleased to learn of your interest in our athletic program. Your accomplishments in your sport and in the high school classroom are quite impressive. We look forward to continuing a correspondence this year and evaluating you at various competitions. Please return the enclosed profile sheet as soon as possible and include a copy of your schedule so that we can arrange to see you compete.
Thank you,
Coach Anderson”
What this letter means, and how a student-athlete should respond:
A coach who sends a letter like this is responding to a letter from the student-athlete. Something in the letter caught the coach’s attention, and effort is being made to evaluate the student. The athlete should complete the profile form, send her schedule, and keep in touch. This represents an opportunity to call the coach, and the athlete might as well take advantage of it, especially if this is a top school.
Notice that the coach did not invite the student-athlete to call with questions. If an athlete receives such a letter, the student-athlete should follow up with the coach upon receiving the letter if she has an interest in the program. If the coach is not receptive to the student’s call, the coach is probably not interested in the student-athlete.
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November 4th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
If your select coach has called one of your top colleges numerous times, and they haven’t answered back personally, but their admissions people are still sending you stuff, are they still interested?
November 5th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Kristine – Why are you relying on your select coach to make that call? Why aren’t you calling the college coach and finding out for yourself? That’s the only way you’ll know for sure.
November 11th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
My son is receiving more mail than we can handle, but all the letters except for a few from coaches we’ve had direct contact with seem to be rather generic. He is receiving a lot of articles, basic letters and handwritten cards from one particular school that I won’t mention by name, but in several of the cards the coaches are giving him their phone number. Is this just a blitz by a school with a lot of money in their recruiting budget trying to draw attention to themselves or are they really interested and wanting him to call?
November 12th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Kristin – Those coaches want your son to call. (Not you or dad.) Make sure you coach him up on how to speak with college coaches so he doesn’t get his name crossed off of that coach’s recruiting list. Good luck!