The Recruit-Me Athletic Scholarship Podcast with Brent Hanks

The Athletic Scholarship Podcast has hit a milestone. The 250th episode is quite an accomplishment. In this episode I will take this 15 minutes to honor and reflect on how the Athletic Scholarship Podcast started and give you a taste of some great information that Jon Fulger passed on in episodes 1-203.

Jon Fulger is the founder of Recruit-Me and the Athletic Scholarship Podcast. I took over in June of 2020, so the overwhelming number of episode were the work of Jon. Let's celebrate this milestone of 250 episodes by listening to how Recruit-Me, Recruit-Me.com and the Athletic Scholarship Podcast were inspired.

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Episode 249 includes 6 Psychological Challenges you might encounter in college. There are probably many other subjects I could speak to, but these 6 came to mind. These psychological challenges can effect both the college student-athlete and the family of the college player. They can actually have some effect on your decision on a college and the sports program you choose. As I say in the podcast, the goal of this episode is to "create a little space in your mind" so you will not be surprised and so you can help make decisions while you are still going through the recruiting process.

The Psychological Challenges covered are(in no particular order):

• Living away from home, both close to home and far away.
• Living in a dorm and with a roommate you may or may not like.
• You will not be the smartest in your class or the best player on the team.
• You may not play in games much your 1st, 2nd or even your 3rd or 4th year.
• Be ready for injury, coaches leaving and /or new recruits or transfers.
• The coach wants you to change.

Again, these challenges may effect both the student-athlete and parents. Being aware, being prepared can save some bad situations. Listen to become aware of some of the traps that hurt and shorten college careers.

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Attributes. What are attributes? There are many ways to use the word, this episode, Episode 248, uses the Oxford Dictionary definition: a quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of some or something. So you are going to use your attributes and achievements to brag on yourself to college coaches. This is an awkward part of the recruiting process, but telling coaches about yourself honestly is how they get to know you and to consider you over other recruits.

Hear the Why? How? and What? of using your attributes. This episode walks you through How to write out your attributes, Why your attributes are important and What you do with all you attributes. Let's get after it!

Last week I skipped the Advice from Recruit-Me Families that is part of the Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System. Hear two great pieces of advice from parents that used the Recruit-Me 3.0 and have been through the recruiting process. Don't forget to checkout the End of School Special price on the Recruit-Me 3.0 System. It is normally a bargain at $127, but now through May 31st it is only $99.

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Episode 247 is an interview I did for a podcast call Burger Bites. Rance Burger is the editor for my local newspaper, the Christian County Headliner News, and is the director of communications for the Grip-N-Rip Baseball League. The Grip-N-Rip Baseball League is one of the premier wood bat leagues for players ages 21 and older. Rance does play-by-play, helps promote the league and also help to maximize the experience for fans and players. His Burger Bites Podcast helps promote the GRBL and can be found at anchor.fm/GRBL or by searching "Burger Bites" wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

Rance allows me to explain what Recruit-Me is and does and what resources Recruit-Me provides to help in the college athletic recruiting process. This episode helps you to get a good feel for how the Athletic Scholarship Podcast and Recruit-Me.com can help a student-athlete and their family to navigate the recruiting road and do it by saving both time and money.

I want to thank Rance for the interview opportunity and invite you to listen to his podcast and go to the grip-n-ripbaseball.com website to check out the 6 teams that will play this August at the 5,000 seat US Ballpark in Ozark, MO.

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Episode 246 quickly runs through what you need to do now to get a college coach's attention at the end of your Junior or Senior year of High School. After the COVID delays or cancelling of sports season in both high school and college there is going to be a rush as this high school season ends and the summer off-seasons begin. College coaches may soon get to come to tournaments and showcases and hold ID camps that they could not do last summer. If you are a junior or senior in high school right now, you must take action now!

Here are actions to take:

1. Make a list of school parameters so you can make a list of schools and sports programs that interest you.
2. Write an Introductory Email
3. Build a Player Profile
4. Make Videos
5. Make an Achievement List
6. Send Updates to Coaches
7. Invite Coaches to Your Games/Showcases/Camps
8. Be Ready to Talk to Coaches

Get the details in this episode. Also, hear Advice from Recruit-Me Parents, taken from the the Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System. You can get the Recruit-Me 3.0 for only $99, the End of School Special price. Go to Recruit-Me.com/system

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Episode 245 in Part 2 of an Interview with Cameron Wright. Last week's episode, Epi 244, introduced Cameron. Cameron gives us a Track and Field prospective from a former All-American and Olympic High Jumper and a former college T & F coach. Please go back and listen to episode 244 as we discussed T & F team sizes, the number of T & F scholarships that are available, how JUCO & International students are involved on T & F teams. We also get from Cameron what high school students need to do to get college coaches' attention and that the High School State Championships are important events for recruiting.

Cameron and I pick up on this episode about how academics and character are important to college coaches. We also go into T & F camps, how bravery is need to get on a coaches radar and how hard work and a positive attitude will take you far.

This episode in almost 20 minutes and gives great insight into T & F for both boys and girls looking to compete in their favorite event or events in college. Also, hear two pieces of advice from Recruit-Me families as they use the Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System. You can take advantage of the End of School Special and get the Recruit-Me 3.0 for only $99, good through May 31st, 2021. Go to Recruit-Me.com/system to learn more about the system and to purchase and gain access.

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Episode 244 of the The Athletic Scholarship Podcast is Part 1 of 2 of an interview with Cameron Wright. Cameron and his family moved to Ozark, MO about 2 years ago and I have got to know them through basketball, baseball and golf. Cameron's middle child is the same age as my youngest son and they both play high school baseball and basketball together. As I have got to know Cameron I found out he is from Southern Illinois and his family knows my in-laws that are from that area. Cameron attended Southern Illinois University and was a 5 time All-American high jumper and a 4 time Missouri Valley Conference high jump champion. Also, Cameron, qualified and participated in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA.

In this episode we cover Cameron's athletic background, his family and his college, college coaching and Olympic career. Cameron covers the seasons of Track and Field, the events, the number of athletes on a team and the number of scholarships available. Our discussion covers Track and Field recruiting, what a high schooler needs to do and how important the high school state championship are in the sport. There is a large amount of recruiting done at the JUCO level and even at the International level in the sport.

We cover many more topics of recruiting. Listed below are other Athletic Scholarship Podcast episodes that will fill in some of the topics discussed in this episode, Episode 244.

As school ends and summer begins, do not forget to check out the End of School Special on the Recruit Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System. Go to Recruit-Me.com/system to get more information on the step-by-step system that will get you results quickly. The End of School Special is reduces from $127 to only $99.

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Episodes 216 & 217: Scholarship Information

Episodes 225 & 226: Official and Unofficial Visits

Episode 243: A Walk Through the Recruit Me 3.0 Workbook

Episode 243 highlights the 6 Step-by-Step procedures of the athletic recruiting process in the Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System workbook. The workbook is 1 of the many resources that you get with Recruit-Me 3.0. The Recruit-Me 3.0 system has a downloadable manual and workbook, multiple videos and audio links to help with the recruiting process and link to helpful resources. I detail the 6 Steps that have templates and examples in the workbook.

Step 1: Select the Schools

Step 2: Write a Great Email

Step 3: Creating a Person Profile

Step 4: Build your own Questionnaire

Step 5: Track your Communications

Step 6: Send 1 Page Updates

Also, included is a chart for help you grade each college you talk to, a School Scorecard.

Go to Recruit-Me.com and download the FREE Recruiting Power Pack that includes the Personal Profile template. If you want more help then go to Recruit-Me.com/system. The Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Recruiting System has a special End of School price of only $99. This price is good through May 31st.

There is no reason to waste time thinking about how and when to start the recruiting process and how to do the recruiting process. Don't try to reinvent the wheel. Take advantage of resources that are already proven, already laid out for you.

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Last week on Episode 241 I asked you and I talked about, Would you be ready if a college coach called you today? I hope you had a chance to listen to Epi 241. From that podcast it brought up the question of What would you ask when you talk with a coach? What specific questions should you ask? So, this week's topic covers many specific questions that you can add to your toolbox to be ready and more comfortable to talk with a college coach either face to face or on the phone. This is a task that the student-athlete has to take on. The student-athlete needs to read these questions, practice them in the mirror, in the car, and say them out loud to themselves and to their parents. The student-athlete must write these questions down or type them and have the questions on paper or on their phone. Have the questions easy to get to when a phone call comes. In this episode I talk about recording the coach's answers to these questions by taking notes and immediately add the notes to your communication tracking chart on paper, on a spreadsheet or in the Athletic Scholarship 24-Month Recruiting Planner and Journal. Click below to get more information on this book.

This episode ends the series of 17 questions that have been asked by student-athletes and parents. These questions are taken from the Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System, click below for more information on the 3.0 System. The Recruit-Me 3.0 System is normally only $127, saving you hundreds, even thousands of dollars over a recruiting service. I have a new End of School Special price of $99 good through May 31, 2021. Take advantage of this discount to get the summer off to a great start and take advantage of coaches getting more active after COVID stopped visits and communications.

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Will you be ready when a college coach calls? Episode 241 ask, If a college coach called you today, would you be ready? What would you do?

As a parent or student-athlete, you do not want to do all the work to get contacted and then not to be prepared to actually act on the contact. So if you have made your list of schools, made you videos, been to a showcase or ID camp, done you work on the field or the court or the pool or the mat, you do not want to stall the process because you are not prepared to act on the contact.

Hear how Sutton, my youngest son, reacted and responded when he got his 1st coach contact. Also, hear how a teammate was preparing for his junior year of high school by getting ready to send his information to coaches, but got pleasantly surprised by the level and number of coaches' contacts he received after a showcase.

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