My Athletes Wanted Story – Allie Kabat
Growing up, sports were always a large part of my life. My love of athletics comes from my parents and from watching my older sister excel in the sports she played. Wanting to be just like my big sister, I aspired to play soccer and basketball through high school and college like she did. I knew how to accomplish this goal in high school, but making it to the college level was another story.
I stood out in high school on my freshman basketball and soccer teams and was elected captain of my soccer team. I played club soccer since third grade and competed all four years of high school. I missed the first portion of my senior season due to a family illness and I had a difficult time adjusting after.
At that point, I was not being heavily recruited and was unsure if I even wanted to keep playing. My dream was slipping through my fingers and I didn’t know how to turn things around. I had no education on recruiting other than what my parents knew from their experience with my sister. If I had had the help of a book like Athletes Wanted, I would have had a completely different story. I didn’t know how important being pro-active is in the recruiting process and figured that coaches would come to me. Only a few coaches did reach out to me and once they did, I had no idea where to take it from there or what was next.
Athlete’s wanted breaks down recruiting for the athlete and parent. It’s a step-by-step guide on how to be successful in the recruiting process; exactly what a family like mine would have needed when I was in high school. I was lucky and found a great school to continue playing soccer at and received a top notch education, but a lot of high school athletes who are like me, aren’t as lucky. To any athlete who aspires to play collegiate athletics, you should read this book. It will not only help you to be more successful in the recruiting process, but it will help prepare you for life after college and sports. Don’t make the same mistakes I did and if playing your sport in college important enough to you, you should be willing to get any additional education you can to make it happen; reading Athlete’s Wanted is a great place to start.
