The Recruit-Me Athletic Scholarship Podcast with Brent Hanks

Welcome to episode 410, of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast. In past, The Athletic Scholarship Podcast episodes I have referenced the cornerstone of Recruit Me, the Recruit Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System. The Recruit Me 3.0 System includes a 200 plus page manual and includes a workbook and worksheets. I have covered the Seven Steps to an Athletic Scholarship in various past episodes, and also the 10 Myths about AthleticSscholarships and Frequently Asked Questions about Recruiting. Today's episode are readings from the Recruit Me 3.0 manual. You will hear what is on pages 81, 82 and 83 that cover the topic of Choosing the Right Camps and Showcases during your recruitment and then the topic of Parent/Athlete Teamwork in the recruiting process, from pages 91, 92 and 93. Then there is a reading from page 97 about Junior Colleges, sometimes called JUCOs. And then on pages 104 and 105 of the Recruit Me 3.0 Manual, you hear about the importance of academics in your recruitment. Find out more about the Recruit Me 3.0 system on Recruit-Me.com.

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Episode 409 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast is a review of the interview with Scott McCowan from episodes 407 and 408. Scott, the father of a current D1 women's basketball player, gave us a look into his daughter's and his family's experience through Raegan's recruitment and her first year of college and college basketball at Western Illinois University. Today's episode goes back and grabs a few key points from Scott's 2 part interview. Key points about Raegan's recruiting journey, his advice and a look into their Transport Portal experience.

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Episode 408 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast is Part 2 of a 2 part interview with Scott McCowan. Scott is a past college basketball and football player, a past college basketball coach and is presently the father of a college basketball player. His daughter, Raegan, just finished her freshman year on the Western Illinios Lady Leathernecks basketball team. WIU is a NCAA D1 and Ohio Valley Conference level team.

Scott and I cover how Raegan and the family navigated her recruitment to Western Illinios, how they had parameters to help pick the right fit situation, you will get some recruiting advice from Scott and then we end with Raegan experience in the Transfer Portal.

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Raegan McCowan

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Episode 407 is Part 1 of a 2 part interview with a friend and past competitor from our high school days. Scott McCowan is now an insurance agent in Lebanon, Missouri, but also the father of a current women's NCAA Division 1 basketball player and he is a former NAIA level basketball and football player himself. Scott also coached college basketball after he graduated from college. In this 1st part of the interview, Scott and I cover his background in sports, his current job and his family. We then get into his daughter, Raegan's, experience in her recruitment to Western Illinois University and her 1st year of playing basketball at the NCAA Division 1 level. Listen and step into the McCowan family's shoes and learn about recruiting.

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Welcome to Episode 406 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast. Recruit Me and The Athletic Scholarship Podcast has goals of providing student-athletes and their families with as many free and expensive recruiting resources and advice sources as possible. Go to Recruit-Me.com to get started with Recruit Me by getting the FREE Recruiting Power Pack and then checkout the $39 Recruit Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System, a 200+ page manual, workbook and worksheets that guide you through the recruiting process and answer the When to Start? H'ow to Start? and How to Get Recruited? questions. This week's episode gives you Recruit Me's philosophy and also some other sources on social media that gives you 'recruiting journey' advice. The inspiration for this episode comes from a question from a high school student-athlete that is a senior in high school on how to get an opportunity to play his sport in college. One responder stated that emails to coaches don't work. In this episode we discuss how emails alone do not work, but that there are many combinations of tools to use to get yourself recruited. Thank you for listening to The Athletic Scholarship Podcast. Click Here to join the Recruit-Me Monthly Newsletter. Get monthly tidbits of recruiting advice and education. Recruit-Me.com Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System FREE Recruiting Power Pack QRRecruiter.com promo code RecruitMe5 CollegeCoachesOnline.com promo code RM123 Listen to Past Episodes of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast Baseball Bluebook Virtual Dugout App

Welcome to Episode 405 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast.

Click Here to join the Recruit-Me Monthly Newsletter. Get monthly tidbits of recruiting advice and education. Back in September of 2023 I interviewed Karl Barkley from D3Direct. Episodes 370 & 371 gave you a look it NCAA Division III sports and recruiting. Karl and D3Direct also have a podcast, The Student Athlete Sessions Podcast. The Student Athlete Sessions Podcast episode on April 23rd, 2014 had an interview with Logan Kosmalski, a former college and pro basketball player and the founder and co-owner of Pro Skills Basketball. A particular quote from Logan Kosmalski caught my ear. The quote was, "Looking back, I wish somebody could have talked some sense into me as a strong-headed, 17 year old."

Listen to this episode to hear Logan's recruiting journey and his transfer from Baylor University to Davidson University. Learn the lessons Logan wishes others to learn in there recruiting journey and decision.

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Episode 404 compares an article from Indeed.com called How to Get the Job You Want in 8 Steps. I take the 8 steps in the article and compare it to the 7 Steps to an Athletic Scholarship that is found in the Recruit Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System. Listen to how Indeed's 8 steps compare to Recruit Me's 7 Steps to an Athletic Scholarship.

1. Select the Right Schools to Contact
2. Write a Great Introductory Email
3. Build a Player Profile
4. Create a Personalized Recruiting Questionnaire
5. Track Your Communications
6. Send Follow Ups
7. Make Your School Choice Wisely

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Episode 403 has some inspiration from Episode 401. It made me think of reasons and advantages a student-athlete gets from playing a sport in college. I go back to my college sport experience and also lean on the experiences during Parker's, my older son's, 4 years at Northwestern playing baseball for the Wildcats and my younger son's, Sutton's, current status as an outfielder for the Columbia College Cougars. This episode gives you 4 advantages that playing a college sport gives you and highlights them so that you have more justification for persuing the opportunities ahead. Built-in friendships, academic opportunities and resources, gear and travel are covered in this episode.

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Episode 402 is a deep look into how many opportunities are out there for you to play your sport in college. I my observations through my college experience, my older son's college experience as a college baseball pitcher at Northwestern University and my younger son's current experience as a outfielder at Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri bring me to a conclusion that there is a place for you to play your sport. Hear about the NCAA Division 1, 2 & 3 levels, the NAIA level, the NCCAA level and the Junior College levels. I give you resources to search and learn about all the levels, the conferences and some of the teams at each level of play.

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A week ago I got a text from a father of a student-athlete that reminded me of Myth #1 About Athletic Scholarships. Myth #1 is one of ten myths listed and answered in the Recruit Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System Manual. Go to Recruit-Me.com to get access to the ecruit Me 3.0 System for only $39. Myth #1 listed in the Recruit Me 3.0 is: If my child is good enough, the college coaches will find him or her. The truth, as stated in the Recruit Me 3.0 is: A very small percentage of high school student-athletes receive scholarships because the coach "happened to find them". Only the top-line elite athletes receive enough national media recognition that they are automatically recruited without having to make an effort. The other 99% or so have to take the initiative to contact the schools where they have an interest. Most schools recruiting budgets are limited and coaches rely on you to contact them. There is more on this myth in the Recruit Me 3.0 manual.

The text I got was asking why some local, small colleges and junior colleges hadn't contact his son or the son's coaches about him. The son, the basketball student-athlete, had just been named to an all-conference and all-district team as the high school basketball season had just ended. This episode talks about how college coaches don't have the time or money to prosect the many high school student-athletes in the area, the state or the region. Listen to Epi 401 to hear more about the text and the helpful recruiting information and advice.

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