My Athletes Wanted Story – Amanda Rawson
Every decision you make in your recruiting process is extremely important. You want to choose the right school & find the best fit for you and in order to do so, you need to understand how recruiting works. The book Athletes Wanted is a must read and a tool that would have helped me in my recruiting decisions.
The problem for me, was that no one ever told me any of the rules or the processes involved in recruiting. No one imposed on me the importance of academics. I never followed up with coaches the way I know now, that you have to. I didn’t play the recruiting game. I lived by the infamous line, if you’re good enough they will find you.
Parents you need to read this book and help guide your children. I had an older brother who went through the recruiting process and played DI football and I still didn’t understand everything and neither did my parents.
The most important thing is to remember that this process is a lot of work and as the book shows you, the more you put into it, the more you will get out of it. The one thing I know is that I gave it my all, I left it all on the court; I have no regrets–I want other student-athletes to be able to say the same.
