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This is the podcast for parents and athletes that explores every aspect of recruiting and athletic scholarships. It’s coaching you can apply to your family’s athletic scholarship pursuit. It’s primarily for parents, but student-athletes will benefit, too. The host, Recruit-Me CEO Jon Fugler, has been helping families since 2002 and is an expert in the athletic scholarship field.

The Recruit-Me Athletic Scholarship Podcast with Brent Hanks Brent Hanks

    • Sports
    • 4.8 • 28 Ratings

This is the podcast for parents and athletes that explores every aspect of recruiting and athletic scholarships. It’s coaching you can apply to your family’s athletic scholarship pursuit. It’s primarily for parents, but student-athletes will benefit, too. The host, Recruit-Me CEO Jon Fugler, has been helping families since 2002 and is an expert in the athletic scholarship field.

    Epi 404 Recruiting Inspired by an Indeed.com's Article; How to Get the Job You Want in 8 Steps

    Epi 404 Recruiting Inspired by an Indeed.com's Article; How to Get the Job You Want in 8 Steps

    Episode 404 compares an article from Indeed.com called How to Get the Job You Want in 8 Steps.  I take the 8 steps in the article and compare it to the 7 Steps to an Athletic Scholarship that is found in the Recruit Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System.  Listen to how Indeed's 8 steps compare to Recruit Me's 7 Steps to an Athletic Scholarship.
    Select the Right Schools to Contact Write a Great Introductory Email Build a Player Profile Create a Personalized Recruiting Questionnaire Track Your Communications Send Follow Ups Make Your School Choice Wisely Click Here to join the Recruit-Me Monthly Newsletter.  Get monthly tidbits of recruiting advice and education.  
     Recruit-Me.com
    Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System
    FREE Recruiting Power Pack
    QRRecruiter.com  promo code RecruitMe5
    CollegeCoachesOnline.com  promo code RM123
    Listen to Past Episodes of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast
    Baseball Bluebook
    Virtual Dugout App
     

    • 15 min
    Epi 403 Built In Advantages of Playing a Sport in College

    Epi 403 Built In Advantages of Playing a Sport in College

    Episode 403 has some inspiration from Episode 401.  It made me think of reasons and advantages a student-athlete gets from playing a sport in college.  I go back to my college sport experience and also lean on the experiences during Parker's, my older son's, 4 years at Northwestern playing baseball for the Wildcats and my younger son's, Sutton's, current status as an outfielder for the Columbia College Cougars.  This episode gives you 4 advantages that playing a college sport gives you and highlights them so that you have more justification for persuing the opportunities ahead.  Built-in friendships, academic opportunities and resources, gear and travel are covered in this episode.  
    Click Here to join the Recruit-Me Monthly Newsletter.  Get monthly tidbits of recruiting advice and education.  
     Recruit-Me.com
    Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System
    FREE Recruiting Power Pack
    QRRecruiter.com  promo code RecruitMe5
    CollegeCoachesOnline.com  promo code RM123
    Listen to Past Episodes of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast
    Baseball Bluebook
    Virtual Dugout App
     

    • 15 min
    Epi 402 There is a Place for You to Play, Find It!

    Epi 402 There is a Place for You to Play, Find It!

    Episode 402 is a deep look into how many opportunities are out there for you to play your sport in college.  I my observations through my college experience, my older son's college experience as a college baseball pitcher at Northwestern University and my younger son's current experience as a outfielder at Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri bring me to a conclusion that there is a place for you to play your sport.  Hear about the NCAA Division 1, 2 & 3 levels, the NAIA level, the NCCAA level and the Junior College levels.  I give you resources to search and learn about all the levels, the conferences and some of the teams at each level of play.  
    Click Here to join the Recruit-Me Monthly Newsletter.  Get monthly tidbits of recruiting advice and education.  
     Recruit-Me.com
    Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System
    FREE Recruiting Power Pack
    QRRecruiter.com  promo code RecruitMe5
    CollegeCoachesOnline.com  promo code RM123
    Listen to Past Episodes of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast
    Baseball Bluebook
    Virtual Dugout App
     

    • 22 min
    Epi 401 A Stark Reminder About Myth #1 About Recruiting; College Coaches Will Just Find You

    Epi 401 A Stark Reminder About Myth #1 About Recruiting; College Coaches Will Just Find You

    A week ago I got a text from a father of a student-athlete that reminded me of Myth #1 About Athletic Scholarships.  Myth #1 is one of ten myths listed and answered in the Recruit Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System Manual.  Go to Recruit-Me.com to get access to the ecruit Me 3.0 System for only $39.  Myth #1 listed in the Recruit Me 3.0 is: If my child is good enough, the college coaches will find him or her.  The truth, as stated in the Recruit Me 3.0 is: A very small percentage of high school student-athletes receive scholarships because the coach "happened to find them".  Only the top-line elite athletes receive enough national media recognition that they are automatically recruited without having to make an effort.  The other 99% or so have to take the initiative  to contact the schools where they have an interest.  Most schools recruiting budgets are limited and coaches rely on you to contact them.  There is more on this myth in the Recruit Me 3.0 manual.  


    The text I got was asking why some local, small colleges and junior colleges hadn't contact his son or the son's coaches about him.  The son, the basketball student-athlete, had just been named to an all-conference and all-district team as the high school basketball season had just ended.  This episode talks about how college coaches don't have the time or money to prosect the many high school student-athletes in the area, the state or the region.  Listen to Epi 401 to hear more about the text and the helpful recruiting information and advice.  
    Click Here to join the Recruit-Me Monthly Newsletter.  Get monthly tidbits of recruiting advice and education.  
    Recruit-Me.com
    Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System
    FREE Recruiting Power Pack
    QRRecruiter.com  promo code RecruitMe5
    CollegeCoachesOnline.com  promo code RM123
    Listen to Past Episodes of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast
    Baseball Bluebook
    Virtual Dugout App
     

    • 14 min
    Epi 400 Let's Celebrate the 400th Episode with an Interview with Jon Fugler

    Epi 400 Let's Celebrate the 400th Episode with an Interview with Jon Fugler

    Welcome to the historic 400th episode of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast.  The Athletic Scholarship Podcast has been a weekly recruiting education podcast since 2015.  The Athletic Scholarship Podcast is the world's longest running recruiting education podcast.  You get a peek into the Recruit Me and The Athletic Scholarship Podcast as I continue to host the podcast and to provide student-athletes and their families with free and inexpensive recruiting resources that help you to save time, money and anxiety.  This episode has an interview with Jon Fugler, the founder of Recruit Me and The Athletic Scholarship Podcast.  Hear how both orginated and hear some recruiting advise from Jon.
    Thank you for listening!  Please continue to listen on the Recruit-Me.com website or on your favorite podcast app.  Like or subscribe to The Athletic Scholarship Podcast and share the podcast with other student-athletes and their parents .  Also, share it with your high school coaches and athletic directors and your club coaches.  
    Happy 400th!
    Click Here to join the Recruit-Me Monthly Newsletter.  Get monthly tidbits of recruiting advice and education.  
    Recruit-Me.com
    Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System
    FREE Recruiting Power Pack
    QRRecruiter.com  promo code RecruitMe5
    CollegeCoachesOnline.com  promo code RM123
    Listen to Past Episodes of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast
    Baseball Bluebook
    Virtual Dugout App
    Retreating with God Podcast by Jon Fugler
     

    • 23 min
    Epi 399 A Review of Episode 37; How Do You Rise to the Top

    Epi 399 A Review of Episode 37; How Do You Rise to the Top

    Welcome to Episode 399 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast.  We are on the doorstep of our 400th episode and this episode is a look back of one of the past episodes.  The past episode in review is Episode 37 and is titled How Do You Rise to the Top.  Jon Fuglar, the original host and founder of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast brings you 3 helpful points that were helpful in 2017 and are helpful today.  Listen and learn the 3Ps, the 3 points, to help you to rise for the top of college coaches' radars. 
    Click Here to join the Recruit-Me Monthly Newsletter.  Get monthly tidbits of recruiting advice and education.  
     Recruit-Me.com
    Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System
    FREE Recruiting Power Pack
    QRRecruiter.com  promo code RecruitMe5
    CollegeCoachesOnline.com  promo code RM123
    Listen to Past Episodes of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast
    Baseball Bluebook
    Virtual Dugout App
     

    • 14 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
28 Ratings

28 Ratings

Paige Tonz ,

A much needed podcast!

Brent’s podcast is such an amazing resource to parents and athletes as they navigate the recruiting process. I wish that I had resources like this when I was going through it all! Keep up the great work, Brent!

Silverxr ,

Very helpful info

Welcome Brent! I have found your last few podcasts to be so helpful. My daughter is a soccer player and is a junior this year so we are really in the thick of it so the podcast with Parker as a guest included so much great info!

Thanks!

starting Blocks ,

Guests

I really enjoyed listening to your guest from a few weeks ago. Its reaffirming that we are on the road to the correct path we call a college scholarship!
-Father of a Volley Girl and Baseball Bro

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