What are your What are your goals?goals?

Graduating from High School?Graduating from High School?College? A sports scholarship? Academic College? A sports scholarship? Academic

Scholarship?Scholarship?

What are your chances?What are your chances?

What’s in your control?What’s in your control?

What’s your back up plan?What’s your back up plan?

What are the chances of a What are the chances of a sports scholarship?sports scholarship?

•Only 2%! Only 2%! (2)(2)

•And that’s notAnd that’s not necessarily the necessarily the school of your school of your choice!choice!

Heads up!Heads up!

• Of that 2% the average amount of Of that 2% the average amount of this is less than $11,000.00 which this is less than $11,000.00 which will not cover the full cost of your will not cover the full cost of your college expenses. college expenses. (5)(5)

ADVERAGE COST OF COLLEGE

• Private School - 43,000.00/YR (4.)

• In State Tuition for Public – 22,261.00/YR (4.)

What are the chances What are the chances of you playing for a of you playing for a

college in your college in your sport ? sport ?

**The following figures include **The following figures include the vast majority of athletes that the vast majority of athletes that are not on scholarship as well as are not on scholarship as well as the few that are on scholarship.the few that are on scholarship.

More than 60% of More than 60% of all NCAA athletesall NCAA athletes

do notdo not receive athletic receive athletic

financial aid.financial aid.

Men’ s BasketballMen’ s Basketball

– 546,335 in High School 546,335 in High School – 16,571 in NCAA ( College) 16,571 in NCAA ( College) – 44 drafted to pros44 drafted to pros– 3% from High School to College3% from High School to College– 1.2% NCAA to Pros 1.2% NCAA to Pros – .03% High School to Pros.03% High School to Pros

(3)(3)

Women’s BasketballWomen’s Basketball

– 452,929 in High School 452,929 in High School – 15,096 in NCAA ( College) 15,096 in NCAA ( College) – 32 drafted to pros32 drafted to pros– 3.3 % from High School to College3.3 % from High School to College– 1.0 % NCAA to Pros 1.0 % NCAA to Pros – .02 % High School to Pros.02 % High School to Pros

(3)(3)

FootballFootball

– 1,071,775 in High School 1,071,775 in High School – 61,252 in NCAA ( College) 61,252 in NCAA ( College) – 250 drafted to pros250 drafted to pros– 5.7 % from High School to College5.7 % from High School to College– 1.8 % NCAA to Pros 1.8 % NCAA to Pros – .08 % High School to Pros.08 % High School to Pros

(3)(3)

Men’s SoccerMen’s Soccer

– 358,935 in High School 358,935 in High School – 19,797 in NCAA ( College) 19,797 in NCAA ( College) – 44 drafted to pros44 drafted to pros– 5.5. % from High School to College5.5. % from High School to College– 1.7 % NCAA to Pros 1.7 % NCAA to Pros – .07 % High School to Pros.07 % High School to Pros

(3)(3)

BaseballBaseball

– 470,671 in High School 470,671 in High School – 28,767 in NCAA ( College) 28,767 in NCAA ( College) – 600 drafted to pros600 drafted to pros– 6.1 % from High School to College6.1 % from High School to College– 9.4 % NCAA to Pros 9.4 % NCAA to Pros – .45 % High School to Pros.45 % High School to Pros

(3)(3)

What can you do What can you do to increase your to increase your

chances of chances of getting into the getting into the school of your school of your

choice?choice?

COLLEGE COACHES COLLEGE COACHES WANTWANT

• TO RECRUIT ATHLETES THAT TO RECRUIT ATHLETES THAT WILL SUCCEED ACAMEMICALLY! WILL SUCCEED ACAMEMICALLY! (6)(6)

– Your SAT and ACT test scores will be Your SAT and ACT test scores will be used as predictors of your academic used as predictors of your academic success!success!

– Your must have a GPA of a 2.0 Your must have a GPA of a 2.0 • The higher the better!The higher the better!

What else?What else?

• The better the college the more The better the college the more rigorous the standards for admissions.rigorous the standards for admissions.– Taking AP exams ( Advanced Placement) Taking AP exams ( Advanced Placement)

will show your dedication and may even will show your dedication and may even test out of a college course this way!!test out of a college course this way!!

– Participation in extracurricular activities Participation in extracurricular activities and volunteer work will show that you can and volunteer work will show that you can handle the pressures of school and your handle the pressures of school and your sport while taking on other activities.sport while taking on other activities.

IMPORTANT!!!!IMPORTANT!!!!

• Can an athletic scholarship or ability Can an athletic scholarship or ability overturn academic denial?overturn academic denial?

•NONO(1)(1)

• Recruits need to make the same Recruits need to make the same academic standards of both the academic standards of both the NCAA and the university. NCAA and the university.

WHAT’S YOUR BACK UP WHAT’S YOUR BACK UP PLAN?PLAN?

• NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, GRADUATING FROM HIGH GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL INCREASES YOUR SCHOOL INCREASES YOUR CHANCES FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE!CHANCES FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE!

• GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE INCREASES YOUR CHANCES FOR INCREASES YOUR CHANCES FOR A HIGHER PAYING JOB!A HIGHER PAYING JOB!

READYREADY

SETSET

GET SMART!GET SMART!

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