Athletic Scholarships? Recruiting Statistics Charts

High School to NCAA, NCAA to Pro, High School to Pro

Some great statistics charts for those aspiring to play sports at the next level.

Athletic Recruiting Stats - percentage of athletes from high school to college from Recruiticus

Athletic Recruiting Stats - percentage of athletes from ncaa to pro from Recruiticus

Athletic Recruiting Stats - percentage of athletes from high school to pro from Recruiticus

NCAA Recruiting Calendar: Understanding Periods

NCAA Contact Period, Evaluation Period, Quiet Period and Dead Period

Do you know your NCAA Calendar?

The NCAA Recruiting Calendar can be a nightmare of terms.  Understanding the NCAA Recruiting Periods is key to your athletic scholarship journey and recruiting timeline.  There are four periods: Contact Period, Evaluation Period, Quiet Period and Dead Period.  Each of these periods have strict rules on how, when and where the coach can contact  and meet the athlete and their parents.  For an extensive article on the topic, see below:

NCAA Recruiting Calendar Periods: Contact Period, Evaluation Period, Quiet Period and Dead Period

Also, you can get to the NCAA Recruiting Calendars here to see timelines for each sport:

NCAA Athletic Scholarship Links and Information

Athletic Scholarships: Setting Goals and Targets

Setting Recruiting Goals

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The Athletic Scholarship and the Full Ride

The Myth of the Full Ride Scholarship

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Rowing Scholarships and the ERG: Is the 2K all they are looking for?

Rowing Scholarships and the ERG:  Power is Key

ERG Power is the Key

So, going through this whole process with my daughter, we are at a D1 unofficial visit right now, and we talked with the coaches about ERGs, etc.  Of course the 2K ERG is a key determinant for scholarship eligibility in rowing, but we also talked about how coaches take total power into account.  So how do you test?

This test can be done by your coaches, and is a 10 second test where you row as hard and as fast as you can.  The resistance is set to high (200 on the CII), and max wattage is recorded.  Top performing high school men should be in the 6.5-8 range, and women in the 4.5-7.5 range.  I found a great overview article here:

Rowing Scholarships and the ERG:  Power is Key

Some great additional resources here:

Rowing Scholarship and Recruiting Information

Where do I start? Athletic Scholarships and Recruiting

Getting Started on the Athletic Scholarship Road

One of the most common Athletic Scholarship questions is:

Where do I start in the recruiting process?

In order to be successful, you need to have a structured, organized method.  Below are some steps to get started:

1.  Identify your goals.  What do you want from a college and an athletic scholarship opportunity?  This is the best starting point. 
2.  Pick your target schools.  Once you have built your recruiting goals, you can then target schools that will help you meet them.
3.  Create a contact plan.  Once one and two are complete, you can start to gather information on the coaches at your target athletic scholarship schools.  This starts the whole process. 

For more information, go to  the Recruiticus Athletic Scholarship Info Site

Rowing Scholarships: What is a weight-adjusted ERG score?

Weight-adjusted ERG Scores and Scholarships?

When rowing, speed is not everything, and power is very important.  Typically, larger, heavier rowers have the capability of producing more power.  On the water, a heavier person contributes to a boat that sits deeper in the water, which creates more drag.  Drag is a resistant force that the other rowers in the boat need to overcome.  The ERG has no way of adjusting for this weight difference, and a larger rower can seem to have more potential than their lighter peers.   So when evaluating ERG times, coaches will create a weight adjusted score, using a specific calculation.  Here is a link to the Concept II Weight Adjusted ERG Calculator.

So the real question is "How does the weight-adjusted ERG come into play in Rowing Scholarships?"

Coaches will evaluate the weight-to-power ratio for their recruits.  So for women, typically D1 coaches will look for weight adjusted scores below 7:00.

Here are some other great links about the topic:

Weight adjusted calculations for rowing

Weight adjusted ERG discussions

Weight adjusted Scholarship ERG discussion

Rowing Scholarships at DI, DII and DIII Schools:  A list

Rowing Scholarship Statistics

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