The Recruit-Me Athletic Scholarship Podcast with Brent Hanks

Episode 368 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast gives you 15 different posts I found that will help in your recruitment.  There are thousands and thousands of recruiting social media posts out there.  I like to point out that Recruit Me has been around since 2002 with its founder, Jon Fugler, and I purchased Recruit Me from Jon in 2020.  The Recruit Me philisophy of "college coaches want to hear f...

Episode 367 is the 3rd episode in a 3 part series about the 3 Top Questions about Recruiting.  This episode answers the question of What to Do to Get Recruited.  Walk through writing an Introductory Email, building your Player Profile and your personal Recruiting Questionnaire.   Click Here to join the Recruit-Me Monthly Newsletter.  Get monthly tidbits of recruiting advice and education.     Recr...

This episode is part 2 of a 3 part series on Top Questions.  Today I hit on How to Start Your Recruitment.     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 Liste...

Episode 365 is the first episode in a 3-part series about the Top 3 Questions about Recruiting.  The Top 3 Questions about Recruiting are: #1 When Do I Start My Recruitment? #2 How Do I Start My Recruitment? #3 What Do I Do to Get Recruited?  Today's episode gives you answers, not just 1 answer, but multiple answers to many different situations a high school student-athlete can be in.   Whether yo...

Episode 364 is an opportunity for you to hear about the ups and downs of one college baseball career.  The goal of this story is to let you know and prepare for your ups and downs that, most likely, will happen to you, no matter your college choice.  Parker, my older son, college career had plenty of ups and downs through COVID, injury, coaching changes and wins and losses.  Use this episode to pr...

Episode 363 is the 4th episode in a 4 part series about what to do each year of your high school career to get recruited.  This episode highlights items a Senior in high school needs to do whether the student-athlete has already committed to a college program or whether you are still looking for an opportunity.  Go back and listen to episodes 360, 361 and 362 to learn about the first 3 years of yo...

Episode 362 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast is Part 3 of a 4 Part Series of What to Do Each Year of Your High School Career.  Today we jump into your Junior Year.  Hear about how your Junior year is "Go Time".  Your maturity, your skills and the opportunity to talk to coaches makes your Junior year critical for your future college decision Click Here to join the Recruit-Me Monthly Newsletter. ...

Happy Independence Day!  Episode 361 is the 2nd episode in a 4 part series about What to Do Each Year of High School.  This episode covers What to Do Your Sophomore Year of High School to get recruited.  This picks up and builds on your Freshman year and continues to give you items or assignments to do your Sophomore year.  By doing these items you can save, money and anxiety in your more fast-pac...

Welcome to Episode 360 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast.  This week's episode, What to Do Your Freshman Year of High School, is the 1st in a 4 part series that gives you items to do each year of your high school career.  There are 2 answers to the question of when to start your recruitment and one is as you enter your freshman year of high school and then if you are already in high school, the...

Welcome to Episode 359 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast.  This episode is a celebration of the 3 year anniversary of me, Brent Hanks, becoming the owner/CEO of Recruit Me and the host of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast.  In June of 2020 I purchased Recruit Me from its founder, Jon Fuglar.  I have had a great time bringing recruiting education to student-athletes and families.   This episode is...

This week's episode of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast, Episode 358, gives you insight on 4 different social posts that I found.  One of the posts stresses that is 'up to you' to get recruited.  The next post directs you to contact college coaches before you go to ID Camps, Prospect Camps or Tournaments.  Separate yourself from all the other possible recruits.  The 3rd post tells you about the fr...

Summer is here!  As the high school year ends, let's use the summer months to move your recruitment forward.  In Episode 357 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast I give you 6 items that you need to do this summer.  You may be able to do all 6 or just some of them.  Listen to this episode to listen to all 6 items.  These are not in any particular order of importance. Contact college coaches Send Vid...

Episode 356 is an Interview with Coach Barry Hinson from Oklahoma State University.  Coach Hinson has been on The Athletic Scholarship Podcast as a guest before, Episodes 239 and 240 as he was on the Oklahoma State Cowboys Men's Basketball staff.  Recently, Coach Hinson moved to be the Associate Athletic Director and OSU's 1st Director of NIL; Name, Image and Likeness.  Barry helps us learn about...

Episode 355 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast is A Review of the Interview with a College Basketball Coach; Randy Stange.  This episode pulls out a few key points of the interview with Coach Randy Stange.  Coach Stange is the Head Basketball Coach at Sterling College in Sterling, KS.  Sterling College is an NAIA level basketball team and Coach Stange just finished his 1st year as the Head Coach....

This episode, Episode 354 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast, dives into how AI, Artificial Intelligence can help you in your recruitment.  I downloaded an inexpensive AI App and asked, What is the best way to get recruited by any college coach?  It was interesting to watch the AI App spit out it's steps to effectively get recruited.  Well, the steps were not Ask AI's orginal thoughts.  The steps...

Welcome to Episode 353 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast.  This episode is Part 2 of a 2 part interview with Coach Randy Stange, the Men's Head Basketball Coach of the Sterling College Warriors.  Randy played Junior College basketball at Hutchinson Community College and NCAA Division I basketball at Southwest Missouri State University, now Missouri State University.  Randy and I met after his co...

Welcome to Episode 352 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast.  This episode is Part 1 of a 2 part interview with Coach Randy Stange, the Men's Head Basketball Coach of the Sterling College Warriors.  Randy played Junior College basketball at Hutchinson Community College and NCAA Division I basketball at Southwest Missouri State University, now Missouri State University.  Randy and I met after his co...

Here is the 2nd part to the Recruit Me Dynamic Duo of resources for you to make a great first impression as you contact college coaches.  Recruit Me and The Athletic Scholarship Podcast teaches you, the student-athlete, the 7 Steps to an Athletic Scholarship.  Step 1 is Contacting the Right Schools and that is a big step that takes some time and researching and sole searching.  Then, Step 2 is Wri...

Welcome to the 350th, historical episode of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast.  I look back at Episode #50 of The Athletic Scholarship Podcast that was hosted by the Recruit Me and The Athletic Scholarship Podcast founder, Jon Fuglar.  The episodes 50 and 350 hit on making a great first impression.  After making a parameters list and a college school list, then you may be ready to make a great firs...

Inspiration can come from anywhere.  I saw a tweet that had a clip of an interview with the host, Ed Mylett, interviewing Sean Casey, a former MLB player and now a host on the MLB Network.  You can find The Ed Mylett Show on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube.  The 1 hour and 6 minute interview is named How to Overcome Rejection & Failure and WIN! w/ Sean Casey & Ed Mylett.  What attracted me...

The Transfer Portal has been a big change in college athletics.  In the past, a college student-athlete wanted to move from 1 four-year NCAA college to another four-year NCAA college, then that student-athlete would have to sit out 1 year of competitive play before they were eligible to play for the new college.  Now, under a few rules, a college student-athlete can transfer 1 time without having...

Episode 347 is sourced by a social media question I found on Facebook.  A parent asked a group "How active is your high school coach in your recruiting?"  I go over both the high school coach and a club coach's role in your recruitment and what to expect if you get a positive or negative reaction in their involvement.  This episode discusses how important a coaches role can be and how you can do i...

Episode 346 guides you through how to build a team to help you get a spot on a college team and get an athletic scholarship and academic scholarships.  Hear how teammates, ex-teammates, relatives, high school coaches, club coaches, current college players, recruiting services, skill trainers, high school counselors, opposing coaches, game officials and parents/guardians and you, the student-athlet...

Welcome to The Athletic Scholarship Podcast.  One of the goals of Recruit Me is to provide as many free and inexpensive recruiting resources to you, the student-athlete or the parents.  Recruit Me wants to save you not only money, but also reduce the time spend and the anxiety you feel.  One of the opportunities I have as a recruiting educator is that I do research to find helpful tools for you. ...

As the college baseball season has started I reflected on both of my sons' recruitment and their freshman years in college and in baseball.  Both of my boys had and are having a good experience in their freshman years of college.  Listen to hear how doing research on a college program and how checking as many parameters boxes can put you into a good situation.  Hear how they matched their specific...