Part 2 EXPOSURE

OK so we talked about your academics as the 1st key element in getting recruited, now lets talk about the second key element and that is EXPOSURE. I had a College baseball coach once tell me in the simplest of term how important exposure is he said "Troy it doesn't matter how good a player is, if I don't know who he is I can't recruit him". Duh! I guess that is pretty obvious, if a coach doesn't know who you are there is a zero percent chance of being recruited by him/her. There are over 7 million high school student athletes and unless you are one of the few "Blue Chip" players in your sport you can not afford to sit back and let the coaches find you. One of the biggest misconception I hear is "If I am good enough the coaches will find me" That is just not true. College coaches have limited recruiting budgets and time. There are a few hot beds around the country for recruiting but the majority of high school athletes will be overlooked. I live in Utah and I have helped athletes that had not even received as much as letter from a college coach when I first met with them. The reason they had not got any attention from college coaches was not because they were not good enough it was because college coaches did not know who they were. Many of these same athletes went on to find scholarships once they had some exposure to the right schools. And even if you are getting some intrest the more exposure you get the more intrest you will generate in yourself and in the end there will be more schools competing for you. Which means better scholarship offers. The bottom line is if you are serious about finding a scholarship you can not sit back and just let it happen, you need to be proactive and go out there and let the Coaches know who you are and what you can do. There are a lot of opportunities out there for those who put themselve out there and are willing to work at it. If you have any questions please feel free to comment.