The Recruit-Me Athletic Scholarship Podcast with Brent Hanks

Welcome to Episode 293 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast.  The Athletic Scholarship Podcast is the longest running athletic recruiting education podcast in the world.  Thank you for taking 15 minutes to help change your athletic scholarship future.  Please pass this episode and any past episodes to others you know that are starting or are in the recruiting process.   This episode, Episode 293, g...

Episode 292 is Part 2 of 2 and is the remainder of the interview with the Givens family.  Emily and Drew are the parents of Grant Givens.  Grant is a senior in high school, Class of 2022, and is committed to play basketball at Drury University in Springfield, MO.  This episode covers how the Givens family negotiated camps, videos and research throughout Grant's recruitment.  At the end of the inte...

Episode 291 is Part 1 of 2 and is an interview with the Givens Family.  Emily and Drew are the parents of Grant Givens.  Grant is a senior in high school, Class of 2022, and is committed to play basketball at Drury University in Springfield, MO.   This interview is really honest and laid back, but informational talk with 2 parents, both with some college experience of their own, and their son's jo...

Myth #10 About Athletic Scholarships is the last of the 10 Myths that can be found in the Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System.  Go to Recruit-me.com for more details on the Recruit-Me 3.0 System.   Myth #10 is  I already recieved a letter from a coach, so I'm being recruited.   The truth is that coaches send out hundreds of letters to athletes they know little about.  Chances are that there...

Episode 289 is Myth #9 About Athletic Scholarships.  Myth #9, from the Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System, is Coaches resent being contacted by prospective athletes .  The Truth is the contrary of that.   -Coaches hope to hear from student-athletes -Coaches need to refill their rosters yearly -Coaches don't have the time or the budget to recruit everybody -When you contact coaches, you are...

Episode 287 is an interview with Jake Headrick.  Coach Headrick had been a college basketball coach for 14 years and just got out of the college coaching game to spend more time with his family.   Listen in to hear how Coach Headrick give your advice about being recruited in basketball and in any sport.  His experience at the JUCO, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division I basketball, both as a player...

Episode 287 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast is Myth #8 About Athletic Scholarships.  Myth #8 is Schools Only Give Scholarships for the Money Sports, like Football & Basketball.    In this episode I cover what college sports give scholarships and I point you back to episode 216 & 217 to get more indepth college athletic scholarship information.  I talk about how athletic & academic scholarships...

Episose 286 is a continuation of the series of the Myths About Athletice Scholarships.  This series comes from the Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarships System.  Myth #7 is I Have to be the Best Player on My Team to Get Any Athletic Financial Aid.   The Truth is you don't have to be a "Blue Chip" prospect to get an opportunity to play your college sport.   This episode talks about how a student-ath...

Welcome to Episode 285: Myth #6 About Athletic Scholarships.  Last week was mislabeled as Myth #6, but it was Myth #5. Most Athletic Scholarships are Full-Rides.  Go back and catch Myth #1-Myth #5 About Athletic Scholarships.   This week's Myth #6 is My High School Coach or Guidance Counselor Will Get Me a Scholarship.  I will go into how the High School experience can be tough in advancing your r...

Episode 284 put us right in the middle of the 10 Myths About Athletic Scholarships.  These 10 Myths are found in the Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System manual.  Click on the link at the bottom of this email for more information on the Recruit-Me 3.0 System.   Today's myth is Myth #5:  Most athletic scholarships are full-rides.   The truth that is found in the Recruit-Me 3.0 System is: Trut...

Episode 283 is Myth #4 About Athletic Scholarships from the Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System.  You can get all the 10 Myths About Athletic Scholarships and more information about the Recruit-Me 3.0 System by going to Recruit-Me.com website.  Take advantage of the 2022 New Year Special price of only $89 for the whole system.  The normal price is $127.   This episode covers Myth #4: I can...

Episode 282 is about Myth #3 About Athletic Scholarships.  Myth #3 is "I can trust everything the coaches say and promise during the recruiting process".  Find out some real truths about this Myth #3.  Find out about over-recruiting and "little white lies" that many college coaches do. Not all, well maybe all, do.  College coaches court 5 to 10 recruits for 1 spot on the team.  College coaches tel...

I'm excited to introduce the Recruit-Me families to a fun, new and exciting recruiting resource.  QR Recruiter and QRrecruiter.com is owned and developed by Wayne Woolsey, a father of current high school student-athletes and a youth baseball coach in NW Arkansas.   The original interview lasted for 1 hour and this episode is just 1 of the many episodes that I will filter in throughout the first pa...

Episode 280 is a continuation of a series that give you the 10 Myths About Athletic Scholarships.  Last week's episode, Episode 279, was about Myth #1 About Athletic Scholarships, "If my child is good enough, the college coaches will find him or her".  Go to Recruit-Me.com and click on the Podcast tab to listen to all the past The Athletic Scholarship Podcasts.   Today I cover Myth #2 About Athlet...

Episode 279 is the start of a series of the 10 Myths About Athletic Scholarships.  Myth #1 About Athletic Scholarships is "If my child is good enough, the college coaches will find him or her." You can find the other 9 myths in the Step-by-Step Recruit-Me Manual of the Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System.  You can get more information on the Recruit-Me 3.0 System at Recruit-Me.com/system. T...

Episode 278 is a great mix on advice from past Athletic Scholarship Podcast interviews over the last year and a half.  I have been fortunate to have done interviews with college coaches, present and former college athletes and parents of current players and past college players.  Listen to this episode to get advice from each unique experience.  Some of the best advice comes from people that do th...

Episode 277 has a load of information about the NLI; National Letter of Intent.  Many high school student-athletes and parents only know about the National Letter of Intent as the signing to commit to go to a college and play a sport.  I go to the NCAA.org, the NAIA.org and NJCAA.org websites, plus the National-Letter.org website to give you the nuts and bolts about the National Letter of Intent. ...

Episode 276 is an interview with Paige Tonz, An Athletic Mindset Mentor.  I interviewed Paige back on Episode 212 in August of 2020 and today we get to see Paige's newest helpful product, Game Ready Confidence, and an update on her other popular programs, like The Confident Athlete Program.  Plus, Paige expands on her recruitment, as she travelled from Arizona to play softball at Northwestern Univ...

Episode 275 is a big announcement for my youngest son and our family.  The name of the episode is "Well, That Just Happened".  Sutton has verbally committed to Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri and will sign his National Letter of Intent on November 10th.  This is the culmination of a recruiting journey that has ran through the COVID riddled high school and summer sports seasons and the work...

Episode 274 is Part 2 of an Interview with Randy Merryman.  Randy is an owner of Marucci Midwest in Ozark, MO.  Marucci Midwest is a youth baseball and travel baseball organization that trains players in both baseball and softball from ages 8 to age 18.  He is also the Dad of a current college baseball player and the new Head Coach of Baptist Bible College in Springfield, MO.  So we are getting a...

Episode 273 is Part 1 of a two part interview with Randy Merryman.  Randy is the owner of Marucci Midwest Baseball Organization in Ozark, MO. Randy is also the Dad of a current college baseball player and he is re-starting the Baptist Bible College baseball program as the head coach.  So these episodes will give you a great look into 3 different ways the recruiting game is played.   In this episod...

Raising 2 sons and going through the recruiting process twice, I found that even though my sons are really different, they had 3 very similar characteristics that I think many, many other 16 year old student-athletes may have.  Now, none of this episodes information and conclusions come from any official studies or data, but are just my thoughts on my observations of my boys and other high schoole...

In Episode 271 is a Peek into Sutton's Unofficial Visits I take your hand and you get to walk with us on campus tours and coaches visits as Sutton, my younger son, is currently on the verge of making a decision on his college, both academically and athletically.  Our family has been on a recruiting journey since Sutton's sophomore summer. He has battled through the COVID cancelled season and throu...

Last week's episode, epi 269, was about ROI, Return on Investment and I explained that is was rare to get a full ride athletic scholarship.  Myth #5 of the Recruit-Me 3.0 Athletic Scholarship System says there is a myth that Most athletic scholarships are full rides.  So this episode, epi 270, prepares you for the many expenses of college like tuition, meal plans, housing and campus fees.  This ep...

A 2016 Omaha World-Herald newspaper article called With Scholarship Limit, College Baseball Careers Come with a Cost inspired this episode, Episode 269: ROI, Return on Investment.  In this episode of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast I wanted to warn you that there are very few full athletic scholarships and that if you are looking for a full, 100% return of your investment in youth and high school...