If you want to be an athlete at the college level, the time to start is now! If you are recruited, you will still need to market yourself or it could all come to nothing. If you are not recruited, you can aggressively market yourself and be pleasantly surprised with the results. Check out our athletic recruiting timeline to stay on top of it!
If you are recruited, you will still need to market yourself or it could all come to nothing.
If you are not recruited, you can aggressively market yourself and be pleasantly surprised with the results.
| Before school starts | Complete college list. |
| Early fall | Research schools and select favorites. |
| Before Thanksgiving | Contact coaches at target schools. |
| Before Thanksgiving | Have your coach contact all coaches as well. |
| Fall | Send resume to each coach. |
| ASAP, (before Feb.) | Send highlights DVD. |
| Fall/winter | Visit the campus overnight, with a teammate. |
| Regularly now | Email coaches tourneys, schedules and stats. |
| Regularly now | Your coach stays in contact with the coaches. |
| Winter/spring | Coaches can ask you to commit verbally. |
| May | Register with the NCAA Clearinghouse. |
| June/July | Send final junior transcripts ASAP. |
| July/August | All major recruiting (for D1) finished. |
| August | Rosters are typically full by first week. |
| November | National Letter of Intent mailed first week. |
