February 4, 2025
Welcome to the Coaches’ Corner! We sat down with Wesleyan Softball Head Coach Jen Lane to discuss the high-academic recruiting process in her program.
Read More »January 23, 2025
One question that we get from a lot of families boils down to “Is now the right time for me to get recruited?” While there’s no single, clear-cut answer to this, we outlined a few key things to think about depending on your high school grad year. No matter where you are in your
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January 22, 2025
Welcome to the Coaches’ Corner! We sat down with Swarthmore Softball Head Coach Melissa Finley to discuss the high-academic recruiting process in her program.
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January 8, 2025
Welcome to the Coaches’ Corner! We sat down with NFCA Hall of Famer Kris Herman (Head Coach, Williams College Softball) to discuss the recruiting process at Williams, building a winning team culture – and much more.
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October 30, 2024
Many parents and players who reach out to us with questions about our showcases also have questions about the recruiting process as a whole. To help as many parents and student-athletes as possible, we decided to address one of our most frequently-asked questions: What should I be doing right now to get recruited to play
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October 29, 2024
In the fall, a lot of students and student-athletes – especially juniors, but also freshmen and sophomores who are proactively getting ahead in the process – are starting to think about their college list. The ultimate goal of the college and recruiting process is to find the school that will be the best all-around fit
Read More »October 16, 2024
With the busy summer season in the rearview, and with fall seasons wrapping up, it’s time to put the finishing touches on your in-season work and look towards tackling recruiting proactively heading into next summer – and you can start by crossing off a few items in the college search process. From visiting campuses, to
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August 30, 2022
Each year, we host over 2500 student-athletes and their families and speak with thousands more via email and phone. From September through November, the most frequently asked question we get as we speak with student-athletes and families has to do with the timing of our fall showcases: what are the types of recruiting opportunities available
Read More »March 1, 2022
There are currently 376 Honor Roll alumni on the rosters of high-academic college softball programs from across the country in 2022. 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:
Read More »February 23, 2022
Throughout the spring, Headfirst and our partners and friends over at Diamond College Advisory Team (DCAT) are once again hosting a series of webinars on the high-academic recruiting process. As we record and post each part, we’ll update this blog post with the video. Take a look through to watch all three parts below.
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