July 10, 2014 Kala Andrews was named Associate Athletics Director for Compliance at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), effective July 1. Andrews served as associate director of compliance at the University of South Carolina in the past two years. Read more The Gulf Coast Athletic … [Read more...]
Get ready for July college basketball recruiting
It's almost that time again.....time for club ball teams to start balling like mad, and for college coaches to watch 10 hours of games per day while managing to stay awake and take good notes.The schedule:July 6-12, evaluation periodJuly 13-22, dead periodJuly 23-29, evaluation periodJuly 30-31, … [Read more...]
USC one of a few colleges that will offer four-year scholarships
Yesterday the University of Southern California announced it would offer four-year scholarships to women's basketball, instead of the one-year renewable scholarship that has been traditional throughout the NCAA. The policy will take effect July 1.Fresno State and Illinois offer four-year … [Read more...]
What are the Title IX Implications of USC’s 4-Year Scholarship Plan?
On Monday, University of Southern California announced that it will offer four-year scholarships to all scholarship athletes in football, men's basketball, and women's basketball. This modifies the university's existing practice of offering all scholarships on a one-year, renewable … [Read more...]
Saucony Launches the 500 Mile Challenge High School Cross Country Training Program
XC Champions Are Made In the Off-Season−Now With Extra Help From An Innovative Digital Training Initiative That Encourages High School Runners To “Find Their Strong” Through Summer Training via release LEXINGTON, MA (June 12, 2014) – Saucony, committed to … [Read more...]
Free Printable Summer Camp Packing List
I originally posted this list a few years ago, but it continues to be a very popular post, so I decided to give it a quick update – especially as we start getting my daughter packed for camp. Summer is here and I know there are athletes all over the country anticipating one thing… … [Read more...]
Fly Girls program aims to encourage and develop rising stars in ski jumping
PARK CITY, Utah — Women’s Ski Jumping USA has announced an innovative athlete development initiative and program to recruit and retain young female jumpers nationwide into the sport. Fly Girls — as it’s named — is a junior team program that feeds athletes into a … [Read more...]
Using Sport To Make A Difference
Coach For College (CFC) is a program that is sponsored by the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) that travels to Vietnam to promote higher education to under privileged youth. In addition to education, CFC promotes active life styles through sports and enhances their lives by teaching life skills. I … [Read more...]
Advice for High School Athletes on the College Selection Process from Olympian Lashinda Demus
I started receiving letters from colleges my freshman year in high school. There was even one coach that called me early out of excitement, and then out of honesty turned themselves in. Once my junior year came around and it became legal to call me, the calls were pretty steady. I took three … [Read more...]
Contemplating the college transfer issue
College transfers have increased dramatically over the last 15 years, to the point where some feel that excitement for transfers now eclipses a school's desire to get the best freshmen. The public is keenly interested in who is transferring where. I saw it for myself the last ten days, as the news … [Read more...]