Nobody gets recruited without reading up on this topic at least once during the college recruiting process. SAT, ACT, TOEFL, IELTS, DUOLINGO - which tests make most sense for you and why?
Very typically, the recruiting process starts later for international student athletes than is the case for their (North-)American peers. Understand the underlying reasons, identify how you can make sure you are on top of things at the right time and get in control of your future recruiting process!
Let's get this straight right from the start: No, you do not need to be quite as young as the kid on the image when you embark on your college tennis recruiting process. :) But you should think through very carefully what to focus on and when to start, as there are quite a number of collegiate coaches who like to be ahead of the crowd in their recruiting work.
Should you or should you not register with the Eligibility Center? If so, what Eligibility Center? And what are the implications of doing so?
Stephanie Hirsch just graduated from the University of Indianapolis after having been part of the women's team for the last 4 years. She leaves with the best win percentage ever recorded by a Greyhound. We got the chance to speak with her just weeks after her return to Europe. Read our extensive interview about her experience as a college tennis player, what she will remember the most, and why she recommends young fellow tennis players to get an education at college and play for a team.
If you're an American junior tennis player you are most of the times a student at high school and thus pretty well-informed about the way it works prior to enrolling at college. For Internationals this is a whole different story and very few if any are overly familiar with the academic test score requirements. Let's shed some light on SAT, ACT, TOEFL, and IELTS requirements and especially about when to take the tests in order to find an athletic scholarship on time in this edition of our Friday Scholarship Guide.
Do the exact same rules apply in college tennis compared to the ITF Junior, ATP, or WTA Tour? Find out how the college divisions differ from each other in today's Friday Scholarship Guide.
Playing tennis in NCAA Division 3 schools is often dismissed due to the non-availability of athletic scholarships for student-athletes. But how strong is the division compared to its counterparts NCAA Division 2 and NAIA?
College tennis supporters have to accept - tennis is a sport in constant competition with other collegiate sports programs. While new tennis programs pop up and others are being reinstated, some schools decide to discontinue their tennis programs and tennis legacies die. Today's article by a former collegiate tennis player is about the elimination of the tennis program, which he was part of years ago.
One of the most important questions early on in the tennis recruiting process is which coaches to reach out to.
More often than not, junior players consider one division and one division only as preferred option: NCAA D-I - the highest and most competitive division in American college tennis.
But which division (4-year colleges & athletic scholarships) is the second strongest? NCAA D-II or the NAIA?
