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I juggle college academics with what basically is a full time job. I often have to sacrifice fun for discipline and going to bed early. I travel weekly during season. My body most of the time is bruised and beat up. Yet I wouldn’t change it for the world. I am a Division I college volleyball player at Rice University. I am a scholarship athlete. How did I get where I am today?

A lot of dedication, discipline, and hard work. As well as some very important steps between my hard work on the court in high school, to my hard work on the court here at Rice. Those important steps in between revolved around the college recruiting process. The process where you have to sell your product to college volleyball coaches across the country. And that product is you.

So, you may be asking what is this blog about?

I created this blog to offer insight and tips to help high school volleyball players (as well as their family members and anyone else in their support system) put themselves in the best position possible to be recruited for a college volleyball scholarship. I am aware that there are currently websites out there for college recruiting, but I feel that I can offer a unique spin to the recruiting experience by offering personal experiences mixed in with my recruiting tips.

I know what qualities college coaches are looking for in their future athletes, the process and timeline of when one is allowed to contact coaches, when coaches are allowed to contact you, how to send a standard e-mail to the coaches at the top universities you want to go to, how to go about setting up an unofficial visit, how to prepare for an official visit, what questions to ask in a meeting or interview with a college coach, what qualities you want in a college athletic program, what qualities you want in a university, and much more.

I had a very successful and positive experience with the college recruiting process and felt that I had a pretty good grasp on the certain steps to take in the process thanks to my parents helping me out, but now looking back I wish I would have known everything that was ahead of me at the time, and I would have loved to know of a personal, relatable blog of someone just like me to help me through the process.

I hope you as my readers find this helpful and informative! Let’s take the college recruiting process journey together.