Happy Independence Day! Episode 361 is the 2nd episode in a 4 part series about What to Do Each Year of High School. This episode covers What to Do Your Sophomore Year of High School to get recruited. This picks up and builds on your Freshman year and continues to give you items or assignments to do your Sophomore year. By doing these items you can save, money and anxiety in your more fast-paced Junior and Senior years.
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Welcome to Episode 360 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast. This week's episode, What to Do Your Freshman Year of High School, is the 1st in a 4 part series that gives you items to do each year of your high school career. There are 2 answers to the question of when to start your recruitment and one is as you enter your freshman year of high school and then if you are already in high school, the answer is today. Recruit Me likes to start talking to student-athletes and their family as the student-athlete enters his or her high school career. Because grades, the types of classes you take and your education about recruiting start your freshman year, then you can build a foundation to a strong recruiting campaign. Listen in to hear the steps you can take your freshman year of high school to get you started and ready for the ever quickening upperclass years of high school.
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Welcome to Episode 359 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast. This episode is a celebration of the 3 year anniversary of me, Brent Hanks, becoming the owner/CEO of Recruit Me and the host of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast. In June of 2020 I purchased Recruit Me from its founder, Jon Fuglar. I have had a great time bringing recruiting education to student-athletes and families.
This episode is a review of the top 10 listened to episodes since June of 2020. Here are the top 10 I will review in this episode:
I give little tidbits from each episode and invite you to listen or re-listen to each episode. Thank you for a great 3 years and I am look forward to many more.
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This week's episode of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast, Episode 358, gives you insight on 4 different social posts that I found. One of the posts stresses that is 'up to you' to get recruited. The next post directs you to contact college coaches before you go to ID Camps, Prospect Camps or Tournaments. Separate yourself from all the other possible recruits. The 3rd post tells you about the frustration of a coach when student-athletes visit their campus and don't ask questions while on their visit. And the last post points out that it is an honor that playing a college sport at any level is.
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Summer is here! As the high school year ends, let's use the summer months to move your recruitment forward. In Episode 357 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast I give you 6 items that you need to do this summer. You may be able to do all 6 or just some of them. Listen to this episode to listen to all 6 items. These are not in any particular order of importance.
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Episode 356 is an Interview with Coach Barry Hinson from Oklahoma State University. Coach Hinson has been on The Athletic Scholarship Podcast as a guest before, Episodes 239 and 240 as he was on the Oklahoma State Cowboys Men's Basketball staff. Recently, Coach Hinson moved to be the Associate Athletic Director and OSU's 1st Director of NIL; Name, Image and Likeness. Barry helps us learn about how NIL has entered the scene in college sports. He tells how as he learned about NIL it pushed him to start helping the over 500 Cowboy student-athletes on campus. Coach Hinson talks about the big money deals you hear about in the media, but he also highlight how any student-athlete, in college and in high school, can work to make money as they play their sport.
This is episode is a little longer than the normail 15 minutes The Athletic Scholarship Podcast normally covers, but Barry's information about NIL, recruiting and general sports is worth the extra 10 minutes.
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Episode 355 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast is A Review of the Interview with a College Basketball Coach; Randy Stange. This episode pulls out a few key points of the interview with Coach Randy Stange. Coach Stange is the Head Basketball Coach at Sterling College in Sterling, KS. Sterling College is an NAIA level basketball team and Coach Stange just finished his 1st year as the Head Coach. Coach Stange did an interview for The Athletic Scholarship Podcast, Episodes 352 & 353 and we covered many subjects including Coach Stange's playing and coaching past. In this week's episode I grab some key points that we were not able to expand on during the interview. I'll hit on Randy's learning experience from not playing much his freshman year of Junior College and ask you how you will handle that situation. A point I bring up is how research about the colleges you contact and finally make a decision on needs to be researched and compared to your parameters list of wants and needs for a athletic and academic experience. I asked Coach Stange how a player wanting to be recruited would get his attention and Coach Stange gives you insight to how he looks at a player's video and how a high school coach's and a club coach's style and input lends weight to a recruit. Listen in to gain recruiting advice for not only basketball, but for any sport you are interested in.
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This episode, Episode 354 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast, dives into how AI, Artificial Intelligence can help you in your recruitment. I downloaded an inexpensive AI App and asked, What is the best way to get recruited by any college coach? It was interesting to watch the AI App spit out it's steps to effectively get recruited. Well, the steps were not Ask AI's orginal thoughts. The steps to get recruited were gathered as the Ask AI App scanned the internet and accumulated the best practices from 1000s of sites. Since Recruit Me and The Athletic Scholarship Podcast are 2 the longest running recruiting education resources out there, I was proud to know that Ask AI mirrored the Recruit Me 7 Steps to an Athletic Scholarship very closely.
Listen in to hear the steps that Ask AI, Recruit Me, Keep Playing Baseball, NCSA and IvyWise all give you as free and inexpensive resources for recruiting.
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Welcome to Episode 353 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast. This episode is Part 2 of a 2 part interview with Coach Randy Stange, the Men's Head Basketball Coach of the Sterling College Warriors. Randy played Junior College basketball at Hutchinson Community College and NCAA Division I basketball at Southwest Missouri State University, now Missouri State University. Randy and I met after his college playing days and he was a coach for the team and I was a student-manager for the Bears. You will hear him refer to me as "Manage" as that was my nickname as I did my managing duties along with the opportunity to play on the JV team and practice with the team daily.
Hear about Sterling College and about what Coach Stange looks for when recruits contact him.
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Randy Stange, Head Men's Basketball Coach at Sterling College
Welcome to Episode 352 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast. This episode is Part 1 of a 2 part interview with Coach Randy Stange, the Men's Head Basketball Coach of the Sterling College Warriors. Randy played Junior College basketball at Hutchinson Community College and NCAA Division I basketball at Southwest Missouri State University, now Missouri State University. Randy and I met after his college playing days and he was a coach for the team and I was a student-manager for the Bears. You will hear him refer to me as "Manage" as that was my nickname as I did my managing duties along with the opportunity to play on the JV team and practice with the team daily.
Hear about Randy's playing and coaching career and about the opportunities that his college playing days set him up for during his post-college career. We also start to get into Sterling College and will continue to talk about college advantages and recruiting advice in next week's, Part 2 of 2 of the interview.
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Here is the 2nd part to the Recruit Me Dynamic Duo of resources for you to make a great first impression as you contact college coaches. Recruit Me and The Athletic Scholarship Podcast teaches you, the student-athlete, the 7 Steps to an Athletic Scholarship. Step 1 is Contacting the Right Schools and that is a big step that takes some time and researching and sole searching. Then, Step 2 is Writing a Great Introductory Email so you can make an impressive "handshake" with a college coach. The 2nd half of the Making a Great First Impression Duo is what I cover in today's episode. Step 3, Building Your 1-Page Player Profile. These two documents work together make you standout from other recruits as you pursue a spot on a team and a scholarship from colleges.
In this 15 minute episode I cover what to include in your 1-page, 10 section, resume-like document. The Player Profile is a difference maker to get you on the radar of a college coach. Listen today and then go to Recruit-Me.com and sign up for the FREE Recruiting Power Pack that includes a free template of your Player Profile.
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Welcome to the 350th, historical episode of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast. I look back at Episode #50 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast that was hosted by the Recruit Me and The Athletic Scholarship Podcast founder, Jon Fuglar. The episodes 50 and 350 hit on making a great first impression. After making a parameters list and a college school list, then you may be ready to make a great first impression by writing a great introductory email.
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Inspiration can come from anywhere. I saw a tweet that had a clip of an interview with the host, Ed Mylett, interviewing Sean Casey, a former MLB player and now a host on the MLB Network. You can find The Ed Mylett Show on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube. The 1 hour and 6 minute interview is named How to Overcome Rejection & Failure and WIN! w/ Sean Casey & Ed Mylett. What attracted me to this interview was that @TJHannam10 highlighted a line from the interview that stated "I want to play college baseball, Dad", "They're not coming, Sean..GO ON OFFENSE". The mention of wanting to play college baseball caught my recruiting eye and when I listened to the first 20-30 minutes of the interview it told a very relatable story for many, many student-athletes in not only baseball, but in any recruiting situation. This interview gives you, not only recruiting lessons, but life lessons and inspiration. The shownotes below have a link to the Ed Mylett/Sean Casey interview. Also, click on the FREE Recruiting Power Pack link and the Recruit-Me.com link to get more free and inexpensive recruiting resources.
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The Transfer Portal has been a big change in college athletics. In the past, a college student-athlete wanted to move from 1 four-year NCAA college to another four-year NCAA college, then that student-athlete would have to sit out 1 year of competitive play before they were eligible to play for the new college. Now, under a few rules, a college student-athlete can transfer 1 time without having to sit out a year. On this episode, Episode 348 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast, you get the history of the Transfer Portal, how it works today, how it effects high school, junior college and even other college student-athletes in the recruiting world.
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Episode 347 is sourced by a social media question I found on Facebook. A parent asked a group "How active is your high school coach in your recruiting?" I go over both the high school coach and a club coach's role in your recruitment and what to expect if you get a positive or negative reaction in their involvement. This episode discusses how important a coaches role can be and how you can do it yourself with the help of your recruiting team. Listen to Episode 346 about building a recruiting team.
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Episode 346 guides you through how to build a team to help you get a spot on a college team and get an athletic scholarship and academic scholarships. Hear how teammates, ex-teammates, relatives, high school coaches, club coaches, current college players, recruiting services, skill trainers, high school counselors, opposing coaches, game officials and parents/guardians and you, the student-athlete all can have a role in your recruitment. Hear how to get them on your team and what their role can be.
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Welcome to The Athletic Scholarship Podcast. One of the goals of Recruit Me is to provide as many free and inexpensive recruiting resources to you, the student-athlete or the parents. Recruit Me wants to save you not only money, but also reduce the time spend and the anxiety you feel. One of the opportunities I have as a recruiting educator is that I do research to find helpful tools for you. I can across the Baseball Bluebook on social media and it caught my eye when I saw that the owner is from the Springfield, MO area, which is where I am located. As I looked through the Baseball Bluebook's social media I found the website, BaseballBluebook.com and there new app. The new app for Baseball Bluebook is a great, free resource for baseball recruits. The app can help in any sport though, as it can help you to find colleges by city, by state and by level of play. When you find a college you can get a link to the school's athletic website, thus helping on baseball or any other sport the college has.
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As the college baseball season has started I reflected on both of my sons' recruitment and their freshman years in college and in baseball. Both of my boys had and are having a good experience in their freshman years of college. Listen to hear how doing research on a college program and how checking as many parameters boxes can put you into a good situation. Hear how they matched their specific skills to a roster and playing situation that fit them.
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Welcome to Episode 343, which is Part 2 of a 2 part interview with Brandon Mozley. Brandon is an ex-professional baseball player, a ex-pro baseball scout and now the father of 2 sons, a 10 year old and a college student-athlete. Listen to Episode 342, go to Recruit-Me.com or on your favorite podcast app, to hear about Brandon and his son Blake's baseball and recruiting background. This episode Brandon dives into the transfer portal, JUCO fall baseball, how Blake got offers and how the he and a coach handled them and Blake's NIL experience. Brandon ends the episode with some parent advice that will really help you.
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Episode 342 brings you another great, 2 part, interview from a ex-baseball player, coach and scout. Brandon Mozley, is also the Dad of 2 sons, Andrew 10 years old and Blake, a college baseball player at Nebraska. In this episode, episode 342, part 1 of 2, Brandon gives you his background, Blake's background how he ended up a Missouri State University and the Johnson County Community College. Brandon tells how Blake's recruiting started and how he made his decisions to go Division I and then to a JUCO. Also, how COVID and a coaching change effected his experience.
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Episode 341 gives you 2 things I got from a great baseball coach that will help you to get to the next level. The next level in your sport, your academics and eventually your career.
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Episode 340 takes you through the alphabet and gives you a helpful recruiting tip for each letter of the alphabet. A is for Advice, B is for Basics, C is for Cast Your Net Widely and this episode covers all the letters, G for Grades, M for Marketing and U for Updates, all the way through Z for Zero, There is Zero reason to not go to Recruit-Me.com and take advantage of all the free and inexpensive athletic recruiting resources. The Athletic Scholarship Podcast is one of the free recruiting education resources along with the FREE Recruiting Power Pack and the free Recruit Me Monthly Newsletter. There are inexpensive resources like The Athletic Scholarship Playbook and The Athletic Scholarship 24 Month Planner & Journal. Both books were written by the Recruit Me founder, Jon Fuglar. Then there is the Recruit Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System. The orginal Recruit Me 3.0 had a manual, a workbook, videos and audio downloads, but when I switched to the new Recruit-Me.com website I lost the long version of the system that used to sell for $127. You can now get a version with the main parts of the powerful system, the Manual, the Workbook and 2 new Worksheets. This version is only $39 and you can get access on Recruit-Me.com.
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Episode 339 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast is Part 2 of a 2 part interview with Amy Sappington. Amy is a Math teacher and is in her 5th year of teaching the ACT Prep Class at Ozark High School in Ozark, MO. In this week's episode Amy and I will continue to cover many helpful ACT topics. Amy discusses how she helps students to prepare for taking the ACT test, how scoring and super scoring is done, what high school classes need to be taken to help prepare for the ACT and how to take advantage of some of the preparatory materials are available.
Join in to get a start on the ACT test for the high school student-athlete. Go to Recruit-me.com to listen to Part 1 of this interview, Episode 338 or subscribe or like The Athletic Scholarship Podcast on your favorite podcast app.
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Welcome to Episode 338 of the Athletic Scholarship Podcast. I had the opportunity to interview Amy Sappington about the ACT test. Amy is a Math teacher and is in her 5th year of teaching the ACT Prep Class at Ozark High School in Ozark, MO. This is Part 1 of a 2 part interview with Amy. This episode will introduce Amy, give you her background and family's background. She will explain that not only does she teach ACT Prep at the high school, but she tutors and teaches ACT strategies outside of the classroom. Amy will tell how she got into the tutoring and then layout the basics of the ACT test. We will cover why a high school student should take the ACT and when to take it. You can get ACT test information at ACT.org.
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This episode is the 9th episode in a series of Inside Looks into the NCAA, NAIA & NJCAA Websites. Today we hit on the resources that these websites provide you for free. This series shows off mulititudes the free websites provide. The problem is that you can get on these websites and waste time going down a rabbit-hole. So this episode directs you to Searching for Colleges and all the tools and searches these websites provide. Each website has search tools that lead you to college websites and conference websites, even the championship links and the rankings links are helpful.
The past episodes cover the specific topics of Eligibility Centers, Academic Requirements, Guides for College-Bound Student-Athletes, Questions to Ask, FAQs, What to Do Before You Go, NIL, NLI and now Searching for Colleges. Go to your favorite podcast app and find and like The Athletic Scholarship Podcast or go to the Recruit-Me.com website.
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