Many high school athletes have a desire to play college sports once they’ve graduated. This dream is easier to obtain than most people think. The key to becoming a college athlete is to develop and execute a plan, which will ensure that the right steps are being taken in your college recruiting process.

The first thing that student athletes need to realize is that they are responsible for their own success in the recruiting process. Waiting on anyone else to promote his or her skills and abilities is often a costly mistake.Those who are serious about getting recruited know that you have to catch coaches’ attention. Simply mailing letters and/or game film isn’t enough. Steel Athlete’s online Recruitment Profiles serve as a one-stop shop for coaches to learn all about a student athlete’s skills and abilities both on and off the field. It’s our hope to not only provide you with the means to market your skills but also to assist you through every step of the recruiting process.

High School coaches don’t have the time and resources to properly market their athletes. College Coaches don’t have the budget to travel out to watch every prospective player or watch every DVD mailed to them. For these reasons, it’s up to you to let college coaches know that you’re interested in playing for their programs. to catch coaches’ attention. Simply mailing letters and/or game film isn’t enough. Steel Athlete’s online Recruitment Profiles serve as a one-stop shop for coaches to learn all about a student athlete’s skills and abilities both on and off the field. It’s our hope to not only provide you with the means to market your skills but also to assist you through every step of the recruiting process.

If you are serious about playing at the NCAA level then you cannot wait any longer to create a game plan for yourself and start an effective marketing campaign. Without a plan, even if you think that you will sure play at the NCAA level of college athletics you could end up short and very disappointed in the outcome. Even some of the best athletes in high school sports get passed on each year without obtaining an athletic scholarship because they simply relied upon their coaches and did not take an active approach in the recruiting process and making sure that they did all that they could to make sure they landed an athletic scholarship at the NCAA level. So, what are you waiting for? Are you going to wait before it is too late in order to market yourself effectively? We hope not at Steel Athlete and we are here to assist and guide you in the recruiting process to make sure that you have everything that you need to succeed and that you have a the correct plan to land you a scholarship at the NCAA level! Don’t delay your scholarship opportunities any longer! Go create your recruiting game plan today and start marketing yourself! BE SEEN. www.steelathlete.com

It’s never too early to begin preparation for the recruiting process. By the time student athletes reach the ninth or tenth grade, catching the attention of college coaches should be a high priority. Keeping his or her grades up while maintaining good sportsmanship, and impressive stats is a good start. This is not to say that juniors and seniors have missed their opportunities but the earlier an athlete begins to market his or her skills, the more opportunities they’ll have later on.

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.