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Recruiting
Jim Mohr is considered by many college coaches to be on of the
"best in the business" in the world of collegiate recruiting.
Jim has been working as Club Fusion's recruiting director for
6 years and has assisted many players in finding the right fit
for the collegiate careers. This page was designed in order to
assist college coaches in accessing information regarding Avalanche's
players.
Unsigned Players
Commitments
Club Fusion Internal Recruiting Questionnaire
Contact Information
Jim Mohr - Recruiting Director
jmohr@clubfusionvb.org
815-477-4159
815-404-1910 (cell)
What to do
- Start when you are a Freshmen
- Complete the Club Fusion Internal Recruiting Questionnaire and email it in to Kerri McCastland and Jim Mohr. We are having them printed and will add a link to download them here soon.
- Send emails to the coaches for the schools you are interested in, send them email 1-2 times a month. Always include your schedule.
- Fill out the college questionnaires and return them to the schools. When completing these forms please have Kerri McCastland be the contact person.
- If you are a junior or senior register with the NCAA Clearinghouse, if you want to play NCAA sports THIS IS NOT AN OPTION
- Take to your school counselor and make sure you are on your way or have the 16 core credits that the NCAA requires.
- Take your ACT early and fill out the form so that the scores are sent directly to the clearing house, they will not accept scores from you, only the testing facility
- Register on RecruitingRegistry.com, it's free! You complete your profile, release it for the coaches and college coaches can view your profile.
- If you are a Senior, starting January of your senior year fill out your FAFSA, you don't have to have your tax returns done yet, the earlier the better chances you are for getting scholarship money
- Take unofficial visits
- We recommend you attend Senior Showcase Events (Great Lakes Center-beginning of March, Wisconsin Dells), sign up for PrepVolleyball.com to get the 2008 Needs List
NCAA Information
NCAA
2007-08 Recruiting Calendars
NCAA
Recruiting Rules
Recruiting Definitions
Contact period - permissible for authorized
athletic department staff members to make in-person, off-campus
recruiting contacts and evaluations.
Dead period - not permissible to make in-person
recruiting contacts or evaluations on- or off-campus or permit
official or unofficial visits.
Evaluation period - permissible for authorized
athletics department staff to be involved in off-campus activities
to assess academic qualifications and playing abilities. No in-person,
off-campus recruiting contacts with a prospect are permitted.
Quiet period - permissible to make in-person
recruiting contacts only on the member institution's campus.
Resources
Difference between DI, DI, DIII
NCAA Clearinghouse
- $50 one time fee
- College Bound Guide http://www.ncaastudent.org/
- Eligibility Center https://web1.ncaa.org/eligibilitycenter/common/
- Register when you are a Junior
- Test scores must be reported to the eligibility center directly from ACT or SAT.
- Those graduating in 2008 who plan to attend an NCAA Division I institution must have 16 core courses.
- Grade 9 & 10
- Verify with your high school guidance counselor and the online core-course listing to make sure you are on track.
- Grade 11
- Register with the Clearinghouse
- When taking the ACT or SAT, request test scores to be sent to the eligibility center (the code is "9999").
- After your junior year, have your high school guidance counselor send a copy of your transcript. If you have attended any other high schools, make sure a transcript is sent to the eligibility center from each high school.
- Make sure you are still on course to meet core-course requirements (verify you have the correct number of core courses and that the core courses are on your high school's 48-H with the eligibility center).
- Grade 12
- When taking the ACT or SAT, request test scores to be sent to the eligibility center (the code is "9999").
- Complete amateurism questionnaire and sign the final authorization signature online on or after April 1
- Have your high school guidance counselor send a final transcript with proof of graduation to the eligibility center.
www.recruitingregistry.com
- FREE
- Post your player's academic and volleyball resume
- Visited by recruiters
- Can see who has visited your player's profile (they can also visit anonymously)
RichKern.com
- Free trial subscription
- Premium subscription $25/year
- College rankings
- Links to DI, DII, DIII, and NAIA VB pages
- Rosters
PrepVolleyball.com
- $25/year
- Recruiting Articles
- Responding to a Scholarship Offer
- Recruiting Insider Answers Your Questions
- 2008 College Needs List-listing of what college are still looking for players and what positions they are looking for
- 2008 Camp Ads-listing of camps
- National Club Rankings
- Tournament Stories
PrepVolleyball.com Message Board
Peterson's Sports Scholarships & College Athletic Programs
How to obtain email addresses for college coaches
- Go to the college athletics web site, click on roster and then coaches
- Go to the college athletics web site, look for something in the main navigation like Staff Directory
- Peterson's Sports Scholarships & College Athletic Programs book
- RichKern.com
CollegeCoachesOnline.com
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