College football coaches are out in full swing on the sports recruiting
trail. Many coaches are doing all they can to secure verbal offers 
from high school athletes and junior college athletes to solidify 
their 2010 recruiting class.

With all the challenges college coaches face in a given year, the one
challenge that never ends is recruiting. Dirk Facer at the Deseret
News in Salt Lake City, Utah interviewed Utah Football coach Kyle
Whittingham about his team’s upcoming bowl bid. Coach Whittingham
informed Dirk that he would not be watching the bowl selection show
from the comforts of his own coach; rather Coach Wittingham would be
out on the recruiting trail. Coach Whittingham said “Recruiting never stops.
It’s the most important aspect of your job. So you’ve got to make sure
you get it taken care of.” (Deseret News, Sat, Dec 5,2009. By Dirk
Facer dirk@desnews.com)

Yes you read that quote right. Recruiting is the “most important
aspect” of a college coach’s job.

Make sure you’re on college coaches radars by letting them know you’re
interested in their programs and that you want an athletic 
scholarship. You cannot sit back and think that you’ll get all of the 
looks and offers you could have during the high school recruiting 
process. Remember, if college coaches don’t know you exist, they can’t 
and won’t recruit you!

The key to succeeding in the recruiting process is to get “in the
game.” Start today by contacting coaches. Be persistent and make it
easy for college coaches to recruit you. Do you have a game plan for 
how you’ll effectively contact coaches? Do you know what you should 
say? Do what it takes to BE SEEN!

Stefan Cantwell, Bingham High’s junior quarterback led his team, the Bingham Miners of Utah, to the 5A state championship with a gutty and outstanding performance. Cantwell had 18 direct snaps, ran for 173 yards, and scored 4 touchdowns. Cantwell was the difference maker in the game and led his team to a state championship. Congratulations to Stefan for being selected as this week’s National Steel Athlete of the Week!  Stefan should be congratulated for his tremendous character on and off the field as he has demonstrated through his actions and accomplishments. He looks to have another successful season next year and possibly lead his team to a back to back state championship.

Steel Athlete has now introduced a new feature to their site known as the Steel Athlete National Athlete of the Week, on www.steelathlete.com which will be implemented immediately.  This will give anyone, mom or dad, coach or academic counselor, church, community organization, city, etc., the opportunity to nominate a high school athlete, male and female, throughout the country to gain immediate recognition for something that athlete has contributed in or for. Steel Athlete has mentioned that one of the reasons that they have implemented this is to give recognition to outstanding individuals an opportunity to shine for many reasons such as, young student athletes who have had an impact in the community, academics, athletic performance, outstanding leadership, service and many, many other reasons. Steel Athlete knows that there are tremendous athletes out there, but there is much more to being a great athlete and they want to know about those things as well.  

Steel Athlete will select a male and female athlete per week starting shortly. They would like to receive as many nominations as possible because they know that there are plenty of tremendous athletes who need to be recognized. Once selected by the Steel Athlete’s board of voters, based on the nominations received and information given, Steel Athlete will select an Athlete of the Week and put them on their site, blog, and social media pages. They do this to help with the recruiting process and give each athlete as much recognition to college coaches and recruiters. These athletes will also be given a FREE profile on www.steelathlete.com which provides them with an incredible opportunity to continue their recruiting process and connect with thousands of college coaches and recruiters in the nation.

The company Steel Athlete and the website www.steelathlete.com helps educate student athletes in the recruiting process and connect with college recruiters and coaches throughout the country. At www.steelathlete.com athletes have the opportunity to create a profile through a state of the art Recruiting Profile, which includes an opportunity to place video, letters of recommendation, GPA, test scores, stats, feedback from coaches and much more. They also have an extensive College Coach Database with over 50,000 college coaches in the country. They give both parents and student athletes the opportunity to succeed by also teaching them Recruiting 101, by instructing FREE seminars to help them understand the intense recruiting process and ultimately help them obtain an athletic scholarship.

Hurry, hurry and tell all to nominate someone they know for the Steel Athlete National Athlete of the Week! All nominations are welcome! Go to www.steelathlete.com/athlete-of-the-week/ to nominate an athlete now!

One of our athletes who is in his senior season sent out an email three weeks ago after his last game to a college coach, and within three days the coach added this athlete to the top of his recruiting class. This athlete had everything the coach needed to begin recruiting him on his Steel Athlete profile. Once the email was sent to the coach, a link was provided directly to this athletes profile where the coach could see his game films. He made it easy for this coach to begin recruiting him. With one email, this athlete has moved to the top of this coaches recruiting list for 2010!

Steel Athlete gives you everything you need to get colleges to start recruiting you! Steel Athlete’s recruiting model helps Parents, High School Athletes, and Junior College athletes to better understand, and successfully compete in the sports recruiting process.

Your Steel Athlete profile makes it easy for coaches to recruit you by providing all of the athletic, academic, and personal information that college coaches need to recruit you. Coaches can provide immediate feedback to your profile. Steel Athlete’s recruiting model, provides you with all of the necessary information, and tools that you’ll need to get college coaches attention fast!  Set up your FREE profile page today!

As the end of the high school football season has arrived many athletes may be scratching their heads wondering why they aren’t being recruited like they thought they would have been when the season started. The same goes for girls soccer that recently ended.  We know there are many high school athletes out there right now that are good enough to play college athletics who haven’t received any attention from college coaches. Why not? Well, the truth is if college coaches don’t know you exist, they won’t recruit you.

There are more opportunities for athletic scholarships than you know of.  For high school athletes to succeed in the recruiting process, they need to separate themselves from other recruits. The same goes for junior college athletes. The best way to separate yourself as an athlete, is to make it easy for college coaches to recruit you.

The key is to start early. You cannot afford to put your recruiting campaign off until your senior year. Start as early as possible.  If playing college athletics is your ultimate goal, then you need to start contacting coaches and let them know you’re interested in their programs. If you’re in your senior season, it’s time to get moving! It’s not too late!! Don’t be intimidated by the unknown! Steel Athlete will empower you with the knowledge and tools necessary, to create a successful recruiting campaign.