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after January 1 of your senior year. The wise prospect never
gives up! Unless, of course, you make the unfortunate decision
to “walk on.”- Meet with your counselor during the first month of
school. Review your transcript to be certain you will meet
the NCAA Initial Eligibility Center requirements. - Meet with your coach. Ask his/her advice about improving
your chances to continue your athletic career in college
and recommendations for schools to consider. - Begin mailing college applications.
- You have three more National Testing Days for the ACT/
SAT. Take the test until you are satisfied that you have
attained your best score. And, if you haven’t made a ver-
bal commitment, don’t despair. As
I said before, 80 percent of college
programs make their recruiting deci-
sions after January 1 of a prospect’s
senior year.
How do you continue to prepare?
By committing to yourself, every day,
that you will be the best student and
the best athlete you can be. How
can you accomplish that? You must
think, hustle, study, practice, concen-
trate, persist, focus, and win. You must
always believe in yourself. Remember:
winners never quit and quitters never
win.
Usually when a book of this type
ends, the reader is wished good luck.
Sorry.
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The
Tr uT h Is
Luck will have
very, very little
to do with your
becoming
successfully
recruited. Luck
will also have little
to do with your
success and
fulfillment as
an adult.