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Hurricane Futball Club
Presents
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College Advisory Program
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8th Annual Hurricane Futball Club

"College Night" 6:30pm
Wednesday November 12th

Located In The SEVILLE ROOM At The


71st & Hwy 169

College Advisory Partnership Program

Don’t start your college search until you have The Sport Source®. Region by Region, State by State, we’ve covered every area of the United States. The Sport Source® Guide to Soccer brings you the most comprehensive listing of colleges and universities with outstanding soccer programs to best fit your needs. Hurricane Futball Club and The Sport Source® has teamed up to offer you special packages to assist you in your college search with guaranteed proven results.

It is essential reading for students who want to combine academic excellence with their love of soccer. Although the Official Athletic College Guide, Workbook and MATCHFIT® have become the handbooks and tools for clubs, coaches and counselors. They still remain the most valuable tools for students and their parents.

Where else can you find information this complete?

  • Listing over 1,100 men’s and more than 1,200 women’s colleges and universities.
  • Academic overview including programs of study and admissions requirements.
  • Information on SAT/ACT requirements.
  • Scholarship and Financial Aid information.
  • Coach’s name, address, phone, email, roster needs and style of play.
  • Learn how to develop a personal “action plan” including a resume and cover letter.
  • Understanding the NCAA Clearinghouse and timelines to ensure your success.
  • Valuable data on NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA programs from coaches, and college counselors.
  • These resources are all designed to help you find the right fit academically and athletically.

For a freshman or senior in High School, we have the right program package for every student athlete. Our toolkits help students and their families plan, prepare and pay for college.

THE SPORT SOURCE
Educational Program

The Myth Vs. Reality: 

The majority of parents and students believe talented student athletes are actively recruited and offered full-ride sports scholarships by Division I college coaches.  The reality is only 2% of these athletes are “actively recruited” by leading college coaches, with the remaining 98% left to “recruit themselves” via their own self-directed efforts. 

The Sport Source® proven methodology makes “Paying for college easy” and shows users how to design their own “self-recruitment” program and apply their academic and athletic accomplishments to receive scholarships.  Today, college cost an average family $122,350 and in 15 years, the cost of college will exceed $204,975 (Source: U-promise). What we have found is that 83% of all parents say a college education is the most important promise they make to their children.  By gradually introducing student-athletes to the college selection process starting in their freshman year of high school, students can identify their strengths and weaknesses and begin to make adjustments to their academic and athletic curriculum according to their goals and objectives.  Together we can effectively provide the necessary educational tools and resources your student-athletes will need to make a clear, concise and educated decision in selecting a program that is right for them.

As freshmen in high school, students should be introduced to our College Work Book and 2 access codes to our online college search service called Match-Fit Online™.  The workbook is a step-by-step “how to” guide to the college selection process and Match-Fit will allow the students to insert a grade-point-average, hypothetical SAT or ACT score and down load a personal database of 30 college or university programs that fits the criteria they have selected.  Once the selections have been made, students can give their coach insight to college programs they are interested in pursuing and the coach can effectively evaluate the players’ ability and direct the student accordingly.

Teaching the student-athletes how to design their own “self-recruitment” program through writing a resume, the cover letter and communicating their interest to the college coaches and admissions officers, will allow the student to be more confident and better understand their role and responsibility.  This will generate additional awareness for your program and the players who have realized the importance of contacting college and university coaches early and inviting them to “come see” he or she in action at various events throughout the season. Thus, the players and program will be viewed by the college coach as “Proactive”.

As sophomores in high school, the student athlete should have a better idea or understanding of their academic and athletic needs assessment.  By continuing to utilize the college workbook and now receiving 2 additional access codes to Match-Fit Online, the student can now effectively begin eliminating college and university programs they do not wish to pursue and contacting the college programs that fit their academic, athletic, geographic, financial needs where scholarships are available.

One of the more critical steps in the college selection process for student-athletes; their coach and guidance counselor is the elimination process.

When students become focused on developing necessary skills and understanding “core course” requirements that must be taken if, in fact, they want to pursue any of the colleges they have matched, their correspondence with college coaches will be refined showing their grades and how their skills have improved making them more attractive and followed by college coaches.   It is necessary for the student-athletes to give the college and university coaches an up to-date one page “fact” sheet of their game schedule each year, allowing college coaches to effectively track and monitor those students who have made contact with them. 

Building a rapport with college coaches early allows a program and its coaches to “showcase” student-athletes actively involved in their program.

As juniors in high school, the student-athletes should have a clear and concise direction for selecting a college or university program that fits their needs.  With the introduction of the Official Athletic College Guide and 2 additional access codes to Match-Fit online, the student-athlete will be prepared on and off the field and will have demonstrated their willingness to improve their technique and acumen to achieve results.  At this point, students should be prepared to narrow their college choices to a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 15 college or university programs they are seriously interested in pursuing.  Through constant communication with college programs, the student-athletes’ family members and coach can agree on certain aspects the student will need to achieve both academically and athletically to compete within that identified college or university programs. 

The student should always be “Proactive, Persistent and Prepared” and ready to consider all the factors involved in choosing the right program.

As a senior in high school, the student should be prepared to sign a letter of intent after having communicated with various college and university programs they have contacted and eliminating those they do not wish to pursue.  Unfortunately, student-athletes and their parents often become too emotionally involved in the college selection process and will “hold-out” for a better offer or take a “wait and see” approach or worse fall into the trap of believing they will be highly recruited and will have done nothing to “self-recruit”.  If the student-athlete has not asked for assistance from their coach with sizing up their “strengths and weaknesses” and the student-athlete has not received letters of interest and or offers from college programs a feeling of loss can occur.  This feeling can be eliminated, by utilizing the College Workbook, the Official Athletic College Guide and Match-Fit Online to get on a “fast track” and find a program that fits their needs.

Remember, if the student-athlete does nothing, he or she should expect nothing. 

If the student-athlete has not communicated their interest to a variety of programs, and has made little to-no contact with college coaches and admission officers, they will need to work harder.  By sizing up strengths and weaknesses, students will have a clear direction for improving their academic and athletic needs to compete at the collegiate level and be successful.

Getting noticed by college and university coaches must start early and be maintained if a student-athlete is serious about applying their academic and athletic accomplishment to receive scholarships and be selected to play at the collegiate level.