Baseball/ Softball Olympic Hopes Not Over Yet
Although Softball and Baseball lost a heart breaking decision to be reinstated back in the Olympics for the 2016 games, the sports Olympic hopes are not over yet. An announcement today from President...
View ArticleThe NCAA and Sochi
Competitive fire doesn’t go away after NCAA student-athletes graduate. And that’s what has drawn an interesting mix of former athletes to U.S. Women’s Bobsled Team now competing at the Winter Olympics...
View ArticleThe Miracle On Ice Happened Because Recruiting Networks Help College Coaches
This week I delivered my program on the Miracle on Ice, which happened 35 winters ago, and lessons we can learn from it to many of the leaders at NCSA Athletic Recruiting. Herb Brooks coached the 1980...
View ArticleLearn From Experts In Softball Recruiting At The Mother & Daughter Summit
This Saturday in Anaheim, to coincide with the PGF Nationals, a panel of elite softball champions will explain the intricacies of the softball recruiting process at the Mother & Daughter Summit...
View ArticleSetting SMART Goals for Track and Cross Country Student-Athletes
(Flickr – Oscar Rethwill) We are huge advocates of student-athletes not just setting goals, but goals that are measurable and attached to clear expectations and deadlines. Until a student-athlete puts...
View ArticleHow Jessica Mendoza Made History In The MLB
Monday night was one for the history books: Team USA softball gold medalist and NCSA recruiting expert Jessica Mendoza became the first woman to ever call an MLB game for ESPN. Just last year, Mendoza...
View ArticleYou Need To Have a Work Ethic That Matches Your Talents
Simone Biles in 2014 (via ESPNW) The United States had a lot to be proud of in the world of sports over the weekend. Simone Biles made gymnastics history when she won her third straight world...
View ArticleLook For These NCSA Athletes Turned Olympic Trialists
We are proud of all of our NCSA athletes — more than 100,000 of them — who have persevered to make their dreams of college sports a reality. During the Olympic trials, we have even more reason to...
View ArticleWhy Your Talent Is Nowhere Near As Important As Your Character
Would an artist make this same mural of Gabby after Rio? (Flickr – Vic Damoses) If you watched any of the Rio coverage last night, you saw many close-ups of a tense Simone Biles after she made a...
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