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	<title>The College Athletic Scholarships Blog &#187; NAIA</title>
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	<description>The college athletic recruiting process can be extremely difficult.  Finding the right athletic scholarship offer is extremely idfficult.  NCSA specializes in help student-athletes find the right college fit.</description>
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		<title>Futures Game Q&amp;A with Steven Fisher</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/11/05/futures-game-qa-with-steven-fisher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Liles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had an opportunity to ask Steven Fisher, of San Marcos High School in California, a few questions about his experience at the Team One Futures Game which was recently played on October 23rd in Peoria, Arizona. Here is the quick interview:
It is quite the honor to be invited to play in the Team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tragedy Can Teach Athletes an Important Lesson</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/21/tragedy-can-teach-athletes-an-important-lesson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Sabella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody enjoys writing about saddening events, especially when these events occur in the world of sports. Sport, at its very core, is merely a game played by people of all ages. Regardless of the ability or the age, anyone involved in a sport is there for their passion and love of the game. To mix [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCSA Baseball Student-Athlete of the Month</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/16/ncsa-baseball-student-athlete-of-the-month-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/16/ncsa-baseball-student-athlete-of-the-month-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Liles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick Dayton has been nominated our NCSA Baseball Student-Athlete of the Month for September. He is from Archer City, Texas and graduates in 2010. Patrick is a 6’0” 180 pound infielder who was named to the All-State Honorable Mention Team as a junior after hitting .500 in 54 at bats. He was also named to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Baseball Commitments for Class of 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/16/new-baseball-commitments-for-class-of-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/16/new-baseball-commitments-for-class-of-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Liles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some of our latest college baseball commitments for the 2010 class:
Brian Monette to the University of Southern Illinois – Carbondale
Brian Essig commits to the University of the Pacific
 
 
And David Johannessen decides on Florida Atlantic University
 




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		<title>Be Realistic&#8230;And Play the Sport You Love</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/15/be-realistic-and-play-the-sport-you-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/15/be-realistic-and-play-the-sport-you-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Sabella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the summer of 2003 I made a pilgrimage to the place that every high-school baseball player looking to play in college should go. I had always wanted to go to this place and I still look forward to the time when I will return. The place I speak of is Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall Softball Recruiting</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/13/fall-softball-recruiting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/13/fall-softball-recruiting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Wellhoefer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=3462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of fall softball college exposure tournaments and camps. This is a time that the colleges are looking ahead for their recruiting classes and some finalizing for the current senior class. Most D1 schools are already finished with the 2010 recruiting class and are looking at juniors and younger. While D3 schools [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Off-Season&#8221; is Anything But&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/01/the-off-season-is-anything-but/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/01/the-off-season-is-anything-but/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Sabella</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=3381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I came up through the ranks of high school and college baseball, one luxury that I quickly learned to do without as soon as my freshman year of high school was a little something called “Spring Break.”  While all of my friends were packing their suitcases for Panama City, Myrtle Beach and Cancun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End of the NLI?</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/09/23/the-end-of-the-nli/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/09/23/the-end-of-the-nli/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=3262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Letter of Intent has historically been the way a scholarship becomes &#8220;official.&#8221;  The NLI has always been run by a third party that is actually independent from the NCAA.  That may all be changing very soon.  Last week Kelsey Evans successfully sued Western Carolina University for refusing to release her from her letter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Speaks Volumes over Paper</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/08/05/video-speaks-volumes-over-paper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/08/05/video-speaks-volumes-over-paper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Liles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The importance of a skills video in a sport like baseball goes unnoticed at times. Just because you state on a piece of paper that you throw 86-88 MPH consistently does not mean a coach is going to automatically recruit you. It’s the same way that just because you earn a 3.8 GPA doesn’t mean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Visit or To Not Visit</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/08/05/to-visit-or-to-not-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/08/05/to-visit-or-to-not-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Liles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=2651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many times you will hear us connect two words together – Recruiting + Process. Hardly ever does a coach see you play, call you the next day, set up a visit for the following week, and then offer you a scholarship on the visit in a matter of days. There are a lot of factors [...]]]></description>
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