May 17, 2020
The proof of the Headfirst Honor Roll formula is in our results – in 2020 alone, 320 Honor Roll alumni were on the rosters of high-academic college programs across the country. In addition to the total number of Honor Roll alumni playing in college, each year we see coaches recruiting more and more heavily
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May 3, 2020
What can I do in my recruiting right now? Additional Resources & Posts: College Softball Recruiting During Coronavirus (blog post and webinar) Digital Recruiting – Coach Communications & Platforms, with SportsRecruits NCAA Dead Period Tips & Tactics for Softball Recruiting Should I think about re-classifying or doing a post-grad year? What is the impact
Read More »April 26, 2020
Hi everyone – welcome back to our continued recruiting series. We’ve hosted a handful of webinars recently for both travel and high school coaches and also for student-athletes and parents (which are posted on our blog, if you’d like to see the recordings). From those and the questions that we’ve gotten from families, we’re
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April 23, 2020
In the webinar above, the Headfirst team addresses how to navigate the recruiting process during COVID-19 and the NCAA dead period, including a Q&A with members of the audience at the end of the presentation. You can also skip ahead to different sections of the webinar via the outline below: 0:00 – Overview
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March 30, 2020
There are currently 320 Honor Roll alumni on the rosters of high-academic college softball programs from across the country in 2020. Below is the full list of where these Honor Roll alumni are continuing their careers at the college level. Click on a division below to see where Honor Roll alumni are playing in college:
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March 26, 2020
We recorded the conversation above on Thursday, March 26 with Chris Gordon, Assistant Baseball Coach at Duke University. Coach Gordon’s bio on the Duke Athletics website describes his role, in which he “assists with the recruiting process and on-campus visits, facilitates the team’s statistics and analytics technology, and coordinates all Duke baseball camps.” Within
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March 26, 2020
We recorded the conversation above on Wednesday, March 25 with Matt Wheeler, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of SportsRecruits. The conversation covers the recruiting process in broad strokes – school research, finding the right fit, potential twists and turns in the process – and also the advantages and efficiencies of using digital communication and SportsRecruits. In
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March 20, 2020
Welcome back for Part 3 – in this post we’ll address some of the questions and potential impacts that recent NCAA decisions will have on the recruiting landscape over the coming years. First, let’s start by saying a lot of the questions and topics that we’ll address today are still evolving, and are in
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March 18, 2020
Welcome back for Part 2! Different topic, but same idea of giving ballplayers what they need to adjust to this time in their recruiting. Today we’ll address what you can do over the next few months to continue to stay on top of your recruiting, even during this new NCAA Dead Period, including coach
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March 17, 2020
Given the current events around COVID-19 – particularly in NCAA softball – we wanted to offer a few videos and posts over the next few days to help high school student-athletes navigate this time in their recruiting – starting today with outlining some of the changes and what they mean for you as a
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