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
Read More »February 13, 2020
Below is a list of the schools ranked in the US News & World Reports Top 25 National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges that we have seen at camp recently – and many that we expect to see again in 2020 – and have Honor Roll alumni playing for their program this season. Currently, 169
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February 5, 2020
You’ve seen them everywhere: “Be seen by college coaches”, “Play in front of college coaches”, “exposure to college coaches” – these taglines are the promises of tournaments, showcases and camps that land in your inbox every day. They seem like an intuitive beginning to the recruiting process – after all, a key first step in
Read More »January 27, 2020
The recruiting process is just that: a process. While there’s often a sense of urgency for student-athletes to rush ahead to the “finish line” in the recruiting process, it’s important to recognize that for both student-athletes and coaches this is a really important decision and requires time to develop to make sure you’re set up
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