NCSA College Athletic Scholarships Blog

There are over 1,800 colleges that offer student-athletes the ability to continue their sporting careers at the collegiate level.  Too many high school recruits ignore this critical fact about college recruiting and only focus on the creme de le creme of athletic programs.  And then a night like last night happens where not one, but two of the little guys had the spotlight shining brightly on them.

Boise State topped TCU in the Fiesta Bowl in a battle of two Non-BCS schools crashing a BCS bowl, and the University of North Carolina lost in basketball to the College of Charleston.

Both games are a reminder to the thousands of athletes that their options are far greater than just the schools you see on TV.  The problem that many athletes have is the inability to get noticed by all the other schools that have scholarship dollars, but not necessarily recruiting dollars available.  The solution for recruits is to reach out to coaches rather than hoping they come to them.

It is absolutely critical that they receive an objective evaluation and target the proper schools in a pro-active manner.  If recruits fail to do so, they face the chances that they will be the little guy left out of the mix.

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