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RECRUITING BLOG: TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF COLLEGE RECRUITING
By Gary Silvers
We have come to the end of another school year.
Hopefully, you have learned a thing or two about college recruiting in our weekly blogs.
Before we dismiss you for the summer, we have one bit of “final” business.
Keeping in the spirit of Final Exam Week, we have compiled 20 true-false questions about the college recruiting process. The answers appear at the bottom (no peeking).
Ready … set … go:
QUESTIONS:
1. True or False:About 6 percent of high school seniors will play college sports.
2. True or False:About 2 percent of high school seniors will receive full or partial athletic scholarships.
3. True or False:About 2 percent of high school athletes will play in Division I.
4. True of False:Football awards the highest average percentage of full scholarship money among men’s college sports.
5. True or False:Basketball awards the highest average percentage of full scholarship money among women’s college sports.
6. True or False:Wrestling has the lowest percentage of high school boys competing in college.
7. True or False:Track and field has the lowest percentage of high school girls competing in college.
8. True or False:Athletes can receive verbal offers from college coaches and make verbal commitments at any 
age.
9. True or False:College coaches make more verbal offers than they have available scholarships.
10. True or False:High school athletes can’t sign National Letters of Intent until their senior year.
11. True or False:All high school athletes who want to play college sports must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center.
12. True or False:Athletic scholarships are guaranteed for four years.
13. True or False:Only two NCAA divisions -- Divisions I and II -- offer athletic scholarships.
14. True or False:Division III has the most member schools in the NCAA.
15. True or False:NCAA Division I and II coaches are not permitted to initiate contact with athletes by email or telephone until their sophomore year.
16. True or False:Athletes can initiate contact with college coaches by email or telephone at any time.
17. True or False:High school athletes must complete at least 12 core courses to be eligible to compete in college athletics.
18. True or False:High school athletes can visit colleges at any time if they pay their own way.
19. True or False:High school athletes can take the SAT and ACT an unlimited number of times with only the highest scores in each section counting toward NCAA eligibility.
20. True or False:High school athletes can receive athletic or academic scholarships, but not both.
ANSWERS:
1. True; 2. True; 3. True; 4. False (ice hockey); 5. False (ice hockey and gymnastics); 6. True; 7. True; 8. True; 9. True; 10. True; 11. False (athletes who want to play NCAA Division I or II sports); 12. False (renewable each year); 13. True; 14. True; 15. False (after their sophomore year); 16. True; 17. False (16); 18. True; 19. True; 20. False (both).
National Scouting Report is the world’s oldest and largest high school scouting and college recruiting organization. With its 18-phase promotional program and thousands of college contacts, NSR boasts an unparalleled 95-percent success rate helping qualified prospects earn scholarships. For a FREE consultation in Southeastern Pennsylvania, call or email Area Director Gary Silvers at (215) 480-8764 or gsilvers@nsr-inc.com. For more information, visit NSR’s web site at nsr-inc.com/services.