Show Me The Money!
A good education now costs over $100,000. Still, college costs are rising 6 times faster than family income. College costs have, since the 80s, risen even faster than health care costs! It is no longer possible to work your way through college, because part time jobs do not pay $25,000. A family simply cannot save enough for two or three college educations.
Time was, when only doctors were still paying off college debts at age 35. Now most students ... or their parents ... face a financial crisis the wipes out entire life savings. A good college for our children, the goal of every American family, is moving beyond the reach of more every year.
We are the Student Athlete Scholarships Foundation, a group of concerned coaches, parents and EUROSPORT,
Since 1991 helping student athletes get to college, and on the team … often with full scholarships. Our publications simply work. This article coaches families in the technique of selecting colleges that can offer the most generous financial aid packages to student athletes.
We don’t like the title of this article ... yet it does attract reader attention. But in these difficult times, more people need to find some way to pay for a college education that can cost as much as a house. The cost of college is increasing six times faster than family income ... it wasn’t supposed to be this way.
And with home owner equity and student loans becoming unreliable sources of cash for college, readers are telling us that our publications may be one of the last remaining ways to fund college education!
College coaches don’t like the title of this article either. Squeezed between unrealistic expectations of parents and university budgetary constraints, coaches somehow have to field winning teams every season ... or else ...
This article is NOT about how to pressure college coaches into offering scholarships. It IS about how to target colleges and coaches who NEED a player with your skills levels and, concurrently, how to PREPARE your player to qualify for money from the several different sources.
Remember, the college coach’s recruiting responsibility is to find and sign players who want to go to his school and want to play on his team ... AND are both academically and athletically qualified to do so. Welcome is the well prepared recruit who presents himself to the coach ... because that player has just done the most difficult portion of a coach’s work for him.
The three top priority jobs that you should take away from this article are:
1. Achieve the best athletic skills you can
2. Achieve the best academic skills you can
3. Target schools that recruit at your level
Begin early. The first two jobs are the responsibility of the players, the third job requires help from Mom and Dad. Begin jobs 1 and 2 at age ten, when good habits in school and on the field begin to develop. Begin job 3 before the player enters high school.
We love formulas. So here is our recipe for success in locating colleges that will be most generous.
Obviously, one should consider only schools that offer your sport at the varsity level. Our methods will work for any college varsity sport.
Not so obvious to some families we know who, after years of reasonable success in a sport, chose to ignore the college coach, only to be turned down by admissions. Remember it is the COMBINATION of excellence in a sport and excellence in grades that enables you to beat your competition for admission and scholarships. Why so competitive? It’s simple. There has been no new capacity added in college classrooms, while the number of applicants has increased by 35% since 1980.
So here is the formula that will lead you to the best fishing for financial help:
Look for expensive, private schools, with an excellent education and a weak team ... especially those colleges that have a source of funding.
EXPENSIVE: Don’t worry about the “list price” because the real out-of-pocket cost for a student athlete to Harvard is the same as that to Fresno State ... it is $1000 ... the cost of the food you eat plus the depreciation on your books. Don’t be mesmerized by the list price ... think only about whether the school wants your player enough to pay $1000 in cash for playing services.
PRIVATE: private schools have greater latitude in awards than state schools whose taxpayers can affect their decisions. Virginia, for example, strictly limits most scholarships to VA state residents.
EXCELLENT EDUCATION: that is the end game here.
WEAK TEAM: not so weak that you will be embarrassed to play for them, but weak enough so your skills will be sought after. Figure this out by attending games and studying the qualifications of their best players.
SOURCE OF FUNDING: money flowing into the top of your target school, like oil in your engine, lubricates all moving parts. Sources we can think of are:
1. Successful football and basketball teams
2. Endowment cash (Princeton has such a hoard that they could actually stop charging tuition)
3. Research grants - U of Southern Florida think tanks earn $148 million per year
4. Institutional backing - Uncle Sam funds 15,000 full scholarships at the five federal academies. Churches fund countless thousands of scholarships ... Notre Dame, SMU, Holy Cross and Baylor all believe in educating the whole person, i.e., educating BOTH mind and body.
Use our formula to target schools that will want you and have the means to meet your financial objectives. Sell yourself to those schools using our SYSTEM of publications available at
www.Student-Athlete.Net
These methods and publications have helped 1 million student athletes get to college and on the team ... many with full scholarships. Begin today and your kids could graduate from college debt free. Think about it.
Student Athlete Magazine
If you found this article helpful, please subscribe to Student Athlete Magazine and see our website (http://www.student-athlete.net) for information about our College Scholarships SYSTEM that includes 3 books, 18 pamphlets and a video. Since 1991 our SYSTEM has helped over 1 million families get the kids to college and on the team ... often with full scholarships.
Comments
Having been an Instep reader from the beginning and experiencing two recruiting situations in our family-I can say evrything he is saying is true. Practice, study, and be realistic and you will find the best fit for yourself. This whole thing is about the student finding the right school not parents and bragging rights.
Posted by: mike | October 31, 2006 07:44 PM
This post is about where to fish for your scholarship.
For 30 years I worked as a sales manager in the computer and telecommunications industries. The most important skill I taught our sales people was "where to fish for customers."
Once they realized that 90% of the companies in the phone book would NEVER buy from us, they were on their way to concentrating on those that WOULD buy from us.
I always reminded them that a "Prospective customer" was one who had both 1.) a need for our product and 2.) the ability to pay for it.
Now they could clear their radar screens of everyone except real prospects.
In fishing for a soccer scholarship you must take the same approach. You must focus on the schools that are looking for a recruit at your level. Pat Grecco always says, 'Go where they want you."
Now PLEASE go back up to the article above, "Show me the money." and re-read it ... NO read it twice, then print it out and carry it in your wallet. Everything you need to know is there.
Remember this. The college coach's job is to win games. To do so he must find and recruit players who are both athletically and academically qualified to help him do his job ... by presenting him with a qualified and recruitable player ... he could reward your homework with a scholarship.
Bob Collins, Editor
Posted by: Bob Collins, Editor | November 16, 2006 04:27 PM
am billy am soccer player i came from africa just risently but i dont were to take career to which is the soccer am in high school now if some one can help me i will appretiate it verry much
Posted by: billy obeng afoakwa | November 25, 2006 05:58 PM
this is my Email billyobeng@hotmail.com i need help
Posted by: billy obeng afoakwa | November 25, 2006 05:59 PM
yeah, everything he is saying is true, i know that because i am from mexico, and i am studying right now at california high school, and i have a full scolarship because i play soccer very well.
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Posted by: Sergio L. Agüero | November 29, 2006 04:08 PM
Am a good soccer player but i dont know how can i find a college with a soccer team and am mexican too will there be any scolarship for me
Posted by: Roberto Guadian | December 6, 2006 03:42 PM
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Posted by: abid | December 19, 2006 12:38 PM
Well,right now I'am fourteen but I have played soccer since I was able to on recriation teams I have played goalie,and I am starting to figure out what I am going to do with my life I want to go play soccer in college but I dont now how.As I have been growing up I have been told that it wasn't possible for me to go play soccer in college.I wish I could find away before I graduate from highschool. I'am a freshman now so I have three years til I graduate, and I dont want to be one's that works at mcdonalds when I'am 32. Cause soccer is my life so if anyone has any advice send me a note here
Posted by: Luke | January 21, 2007 02:56 AM
well am 17 i love soccer. I love the sport. i want to get a scholership to play for college. I might not be the greatest player out there but i love the game. AM willing to practice hard and learn from mistake. I might not be the best but i can feel in my heart that am improving on my game. well if u guys could help on going to college . please email me at Alcidesmon9@hotmail.com
Posted by: Alcides Montiel | January 23, 2007 07:44 PM
hello my name is ehis am from nigeria am a good soccer player i will love to play soccer in your country is there anyway i can get free admission if u can help me i promise to make u proud this is my email adress ehis4gold@yahoo.com pls contact me i dont want to waste this talent GOD has given to me
thanks for your co-operation.
Posted by: ehis | January 24, 2007 10:45 AM
Hi my name is Bismark marni, am 17 years old i came from ghana but i go to school in Canada. Am good in soccer so am in St.Margurite d'youville school team and i will love to play soccer in college when i graduate from high school so i want a free admission to get to college to play soccer thiz is my email if is any thing king_biz@hotmail.com thaks for your time
Posted by: Bismark Marni | January 31, 2007 02:31 AM
HI, my name is henrry dominguez and I'm senior at Elsik high school, i been playing varsity since my freshmen year and also play for houstonians fc. i would like to have the opportunity t get a soccer scholership and continue with my dreams.any questions please contact me at catracho_proud@yahoo.com or 832-7946214
Posted by: Henrry Dominguez | February 20, 2007 04:55 PM
i have been playing soccer ever since i was 3. i have been told that i am a good player but the fact that i am from a really small town keeps me from dreaming of playing college ball! i have always dreamed of playing soccer and the university of north carolina at chapel hill! i have played with the players and can easily keep up but my high school isnt known for its soccer program
and scouts dont really come and whatch. if you can help my email is laurenda_3@yahoo.com thanx
Posted by: Lauren | February 21, 2007 03:55 PM
Hi I´m Felipe Gonzalez from Colombia(south america) I´m a goalie. And have a lot of experience. I´m 24 years old, I will be in the USA as soon I get a Schollarship. I´m going to be a industrial engineering in june, so I´m forward to look for some studies after college. my email adress is pipegonzo@hotmail.com.
Posted by: Luis Felipe Gonzalez | February 27, 2007 04:37 PM
My name is Daniel stimpson i am currently playing for a professional football team in england but i want to earn a scholarship in america and come out as soon as possible. I am a 6ft 2 centre back and am 17 years old. I am currently captain of an under 19 team in england. It has been an ambition of mine for many years to come and play in the states. I am currently not enjoying my football in england so me and my father think it is time to try and fulfill my ambition of playing in the states. My email is stimo4england@hotmail.com
Posted by: Daniel Stimpson | March 4, 2007 03:18 PM
my name is bamidele am 16 yr from nigeria currently play for adorable fc in lagos would like some one to sponsor me am a but i willl like to paly out there in europe striker but play on the street and i beleive i will be there some day my mail adress is dennybow@yahoo.com
Posted by: babadunni bamidele | March 17, 2007 12:40 PM
My name is James kichwen and i am from Kenya and i am a sport guy. i am now a student in a junior college here in USA and i am looking for a school that offers soccer scholarship. I am a striker and i also run Track. That means i have both talent, speed and endurance. If there is any coach interested in my email jimmykichwen@yahoo.com or call me at 6412029394. Thanks for this opportunity.
Posted by: James Kichwen | April 23, 2007 09:46 PM
Hi am david from NIGERIA am an hot top striker and i will really need to play for your tem.i play state league here in nigeria,and also willing to improve my ability in europe pls fill free to contact me immidiately i fu intrested in me so that i send u my C.V and information about myself you can get to me quickly via davidangelluv@yahoo.com or my mobile line+2348034734867 thanks david coca.
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Posted by: 2005 award gallery movie poster | August 27, 2007 09:08 PM
Hello I am currently attending huston-tillotson university at austin tx. I am play any position i get put on i play hard and love leaving my heart on the fild so if you can help me get a soccer schlarship for school. I will appriciate that alot thank you can cantact me at 8325887351 or e-mail me at chivas2_@hotmail.com Thank you
Posted by: Evelyn Guzman | August 28, 2007 02:31 AM
hello am a f-1 student at santa monica college.Am a soccer player whose capabble of playing differnt position at the pitch...i can play as attacking mildfielder,forward,defensive midlefielder.....am lookin for asoccer scholarship...ill appreciate if ul help me.....geniussela@yahoo.com......merci
Posted by: ali makani | October 23, 2007 07:35 AM
i want play soccer emaile sina83845011@yahoo.co.uk
Posted by: sina | November 17, 2007 09:12 AM
Hi am from Kenya and i would like to join football coaching college for free but i would like to join distance learning please feel free to contact me.
Posted by: david | January 9, 2008 11:51 AM
Hi, im from Kahnawake Quebec i want to go to college for soccer im going to BC for the North American Indigenous Games this summer
i just wanted to see if this is true
e-mail me at summermartin13@hotmail.com
Posted by: Summer | January 13, 2008 07:52 PM
Goodday Sir/Ma
My name is Akinola Wasiu and am from west Africa i do play defending wing and i really wish to come over there to express my talent and i will be very happy if you can kindly give me chance by sending me an invitation letter to come for a trail.
I do play wing like 2 5 and 6
Hope to read from you as soon as possible
Thanks
Akinola
Posted by: akinola wasiu | February 21, 2008 04:07 PM
i play on mexico in 3rd and 2nd division in mexico.am lookin for asoccer scholarship.call me at 515 604 6584.
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Posted by: sweet-rj | March 26, 2008 02:14 AM
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Posted by: Peter Ayinde | April 11, 2008 11:59 AM
theres alot of talk about getting school for free...our son is a very talented player and has received a soccer scholarship in USA..we are Canadian,....it still cost money..be prepared to pay your way no matter how good you think you are.We are very pleased hes going,but we will be paying whats not covered
Posted by: bella | April 22, 2008 06:04 PM
Goodday Sir/Ma
My name is funsho omolaju ajayi and am from west Africa i do play defending wing and i really wish to come over there to express my talent and i will be very happy if you can kindly give me chance by sending me an invitation letter to come for a trail.
I do play wing like 3 and 7
Hope to read from you as soon as possible
Thanks
funsho
mikkybig4u@yahoo.com
Posted by: funsho omolaju | June 13, 2008 01:47 PM
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Posted by: bella | August 26, 2008 06:06 PM
Iam 11 years old and I want to be in the next olypics, so I would be old enough to play. How can I get there? That would be the greatest day of my life!
Posted by: Mac | September 9, 2008 11:48 PM
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Posted by: Curt | September 10, 2008 10:18 AM
I am 17years i live in nigeria.I was told i wil do great playing soccer.my dad is late and we are suffering pls help me
Posted by: BETHEL ALI BODUKU | December 29, 2008 02:04 PM
This was an excellent article and it was right on the money regarding finding colleges to play for.
"Look for expensive, private schools, with an excellent education and a weak team ... especially those colleges that have a source of funding."
A perfect example of one of these schools is Eckerd College in St Petersburg, FL. They are graduating two thirds of their starting team. They are looking to recruit experienced players at every position.
Eckerd looks expensive, but they give out tons of academic grants and scholarships to students w/ good grades. The Sunshine State Conference is a top Div 2 League that is home of some of the best D2 women's soccer programs. University of Tampa won the Natiional Championship in 2007.
With a beautiful turf field and outstanding facilities, Eckerd College is located minutes from St Pete Beach. If you want the opportunity to play big time college soccer at a school where you have a chance of starting your first year, take a look at Eckerd.
Great school, great location, Great weather(mid 70's all winter), great facilities in a super location.
If you want to play soccer in college this coming season, it's not too late to find a team that can use your skills.
Contact Coach Joe McCauley to talk with him about the program. He's a great Coach, and a nice guy!. Tell him Big Red sent you...
eckerd.edu/tritons/wsoc/index.php
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