A Quick Recruiting Checklist for the 2027 Class

If you are an athlete in the 2027 class or if you are a parent of an athlete in the 2027 class, you are probably looking at the 2026 families right now with excitement as you look at the year ahead. Here are a few things that you can do NOW (and I mean that quite literally, now) to get out in front of your recruiting process.

This will not only make YOUR June 15th go smoother, but your entire 16s recruiting season.

Highlights

If you aren't making highlights now, I would suggest you start this weekend. Take a qualifier or tournament and make it happen. It doesn't matter what platform you are using (Hudl or BallTime) you can make YOUR highlights. I see athletes still using the autogenerated highlights that Hudl creates. Go make your own. No one can showcase your talents and abilities like you can. For more on this topic, click HERE.

Making and generating your own highlights now will put you in a position for it to be WAY easier on you down the road. You'll have done it for several months and then when next years club season starts it will be easy.

Contact Information

Make sure your contact information is accurate and updated on all of the platforms you use. Hudl, NCSA, SportsRecruits, Productive Recruit, University Athlete...even the questionnaires you are filling out now. If you haven't picked a volleyball only email address, I would suggest that. It's not necessary, but it does help keep everything going into one place. Update your UA account (yes you have a UA account) and make sure it stays accurate going into next club season. College coaches use that almost exclusively for contact information.

Speaking about UA, I don't think you need to pay the extra $50 to upgrade. I have yet to talk to a parent that told me that data/info put them over the top in terms of getting their daughter recruited. A coach filling out an eval in UA means nothing, potentially. Push and nudge for visits; make sure you respond and engage with college coaches. The number of evals and the conferences those evals come from are basically irrelevant in your recruiting process.

Email Signature

Have an email signature in your email? Make one. Contact info; film links; profile page link; social media if you want. It doesn't need to be fancy, it just needs to save the college coaches a step. What does her film look like again? What club is she playing for? Who is her club coach? Having that info there for the college coaches in each email helps them NOT have to dig. Making a college coaches job easier is helpful.

Got all of these things done already? Great! You are ahead of the game. Need more help? Check out my online recruiting programs.

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