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Today we highlight Ellen Brown, head women's soccer recruiting coach, who was an All-Conference Division III athlete before she transferred to the University of Kentucky and squared off against none other than Abby Wambach herself. Check out Ellen's story through the link. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vIKzN
Ellen Brown Describes Her Career in Sports
Our most recent team mate in the hot spot for our highlight series is Tim Johnson, who played soccer for all four years in college before joining the NCSA Athletic Recruiting scouting team. Check out his life in athletics and more about Tim in this exclusive interview. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vIWOw
A Scout Describes His Career in Sports at NCSA
No need for stereotypes about jocks here. Sometimes, personal and professional development is as simple as picking up an empowering book. Here's our founder, Chris Krause, on 5 books that will help student-athletes develop as young individuals and professionals. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vIWgg
5 Books That Prove Why Athletes Should Read
Happiness doesn't come from any one aspect of life, but from successfully balancing various challenges, activities and priorities. Our founder, Chris Krause, writes here about the ways that he has pursued happiness by focusing on his physical, mental and social health. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vIWEJ
Prepare for College - And Beyond - In These Three Ways
We recently asked scouts and recruiting coaches to describe some of their favorite memories with student-athletes and their families. Here's what they said. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vIWXj
NCSA: Helping athletes and having fun doing it
Intelligent connections are the foundation of our future, not just for us with careers in sports, but for any company that wants to survive. Our founder, Chris Krause, talks about why connections--between student-athletes and coaches, between friends and between professionals--are so important. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vI6Qt
Why Making Connections With College Coaches Is So Important
How much do you love sports? For this week's highlighted NCSA team member, her love of sports was enough to compel her to drive for hours to hand deliver her resume, and then sit and wait for an interviewer to be available. And we have to admire our scout, Meghan Powell, for it. Check out the rest of her interview here. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vI6GA
This Scout Drove For Hours To Work In Sports
Our scouts talk to families every day. And whether or not the family decides to pursue a relationship with us, we hope they walk away better understanding the college recruiting process and knowing how to interact with college coaches, one of the most important -- and most frightening -- parts of the whole process. Here, Chris Krause discusses how communication is a skill useful from college recruiting all the way through professional development. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vI6sS
Fearing How To Talk to College Coaches Is Like Being Afraid Of The Sun
We're proud of all of our alumni, all 60,000 (and counting!) of them, who have received nearly $4 billion in scholarship and aid, participated on athletic rosters at all divisions of NCAA, NAIA and junior college play, and gone on to become successful professionals. This year's alumni class includes 36 NFL hopefuls who will be watching the NFL Draft with a bit more attention than you are, no matter how much of a football junkie you are. We couldn't be prouder. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vI6gv
How These 36 NFL Hopefuls Benefited From A College Football Scholarship
We use our experiences on and off the ice (or court, or track, or ballpark...) every day in conversations with student-athletes, families and coaches. Here, our head ice hockey recruiting coach shows off some of his expertise about the peculiarities of Division I men's ice hockey. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vI6cW
Can High School Hockey Players Go Straight to Division I Hockey?