1. Minnesota Vortex / A’s College Recruiting Meeting
March 4, pm-8pm

2. AGENDA Kick off (Mike Carter) Recruiting Overview (Jack Thibault)
Vortex Site Recruiting Information (Dan Maus)
SportsRecruits (Dan Maus)
Recruited Player Panel (Brad Drey/2018 recruited players)
Wrap-up (Mike Carter)

3. College Recruiting Overview
How has recruiting changed - Video
Introduce Collegiate levels
Scholarship Information
Recruiting Timeline
Recruiting rules
Social Media
Common Recruiting Mistakes - Video
NCAA Eligibility Center

4. How has college recruiting changed?

5. Collegiate levels NCAA Division I NCAA Division II NCAA Division III
NAIA
NJCAA

6. Scholarship Information - Softball is an equivalency Sport

7. Scholarship Opportunities

8. Recruiting Timeline

9. Recruiting Timeline - Continued

10. Recruiting Timeline - Continued

11. Recruiting Rules - Prior to Sophomore year (NCAA)
Players can call and coaches
D1 and D2 coaches cannot call or players
D3 coaches have unlimited phone call and contacts
Official Visits not permitted
Unofficial Visits unlimited
Off campus contact not permitted
Do not attempt to speak with a coach at a tournament at this age

12. Recruiting Rules - Sophomore year (NCAA)
Players can call and coaches
D1 coaches cannot call or players
D2 coaches can call, text, players after June 15th
D3 coaches can call, text, players unlimited
Official Visits not permitted
Unofficial Visits unlimited
D1 and D3 Off campus contact not permitted
D2 off campus contact permitted after June 15th
D2 contact allowed at tournaments after completion of Sophomore year

13. Recruiting Rules - Junior year (NCAA)
Players can call and coaches
D1 coaches can call once a week after July 1st and unlimited during contact periods
D2 and D3 coaches have unlimited calls, texts, and s
D1 and D2 official visits not allowed
D3 Official Visits allowed after January 1st
Unofficial Visits unlimited
D1 off campus visits allowed after July 1st.
D2 off campus visits unlimited
D3 Off campus contact allowed after completion of Junior year

14. Recruiting Rules - Senior year (NCAA)
Players can call and coaches
D1 coaches can call once a week after July 1st and unlimited during contact periods
D2 and D3 coaches have unlimited calls, texts, and s
D1, D2, and D3 official Visit starts when high school classes open.
D1 allows one official visit per school and a maximum of five school visits
D2 and D3 allow unlimited official visits
D1 off campus visits allowed but not more than three times.
D2 and D3 off campus visits unlimited

15. Recruiting Rules - NAIA

16. Recruiting Rules - NJCAA

17. Social Media

18. Common Recruiting Mistakes

19. NCAA Eligibility Center

20. Vortex/A’s Website - Dan Maus
From Vortex/A’s Home Page: Select “College Recruiting Information”
Select any of the options from the dropdown
From Vortex/A’s Team Pages: Select “Vortex/A’s Player List”
Player Commitment Page
Underlined players
Purple font

21. SportsRecruits Minnesota Vortex &
Empowering our athletes to pursue their dreams

22. Empowering our athletes to pursue their dreams ORGANIZATION IS KEY
One central place to organize all of your academic and athletic information
Unlimited video storage so you can be sure to highlight all of your talents!
Key areas of your profile (video, HS transcripts, press links) give you real time notifications for which colleges are viewing your information – be sure to have a fully filled out profile!

23. Empowering our athletes to pursue their dreams INFORMATION IS POWER
Searchable database that includes every college program in the country
Filter out a list of schools that fit your custom criteria (region, academics, athletic division and more)
All of the essential school information is included right on SportsRecruits (athletic program overview, school profile, admissions rates, financial aid)

24. Empowering our athletes to pursue their dreams ORGANIZATION IS KEY
Vortex players have favorited almost 300 college programs across the country
Players, parents and club coaches can all see a player’s favorites list in one organized place
Winona St., Dartmouth and St. Benedict were the most popular programs amongst Vortex players thus far

25. Empowering our athletes to pursue their dreams
STREAMLINED COMMUNICATION
The SportsRecruits database contains every athletic program in the country and every coaching contact
Message programs from your favorites list with one click
Or just start typing any school name in the “To:” field and simply select the coach

26. Empowering our athletes to pursue their dreams OUTREACH IS KEY!!
Vortex players have sent about 50 messages through SportsRecruits
Resulting in 52 profile / video views from college coaches – the proof is in the pudding! Sending messages = getting profile views!
Kudos to the MN A’s2000 squad for getting off to a great start – keep it up!

27. Direct support for parents/players
Empowering our athletes to pursue their dreams
ORGANIZATION IS KEY
Player and Parent Tasks
Add SportsRecruits to Your Phone in 30 Seconds!
10 minute walk through on key steps for student-athletes
SportsRecruits Recruiting Guide: an interactive roadmap to recruiting success
Coaches
15 minute walk through of best practices for staff on SportsRecruits
Direct support for parents/players
call  ,live chat at sportsrecruits.com

28. Recruitment Player Panel
Mackenzie Pinkerton - Fort Scott Greyhounds
Savannah Drey - Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons
Natalie DenHartog - University of Minnesota Gophers
Lauren York - College of St. Benedict Blazers
Ali Christians - Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs

29. Wrap Up - Thank you for attending