KEEP YOUR ELIGIBILITY!
4 NCAA Eligibility Center Requirements
By Bella Nevin|April 9, 2024
Every athlete needs to have their eligibility certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center if they want to play college sports in the NCAA. Some of the rules change depending on...
HIGH SCHOOL ADVICE
Coach Interview: High School Athletic Director Jason Ward
By Bella Nevin|April 1, 2024
Jason Ward is a high school athletic director at Streamwood High School in Streamwood, Illinois. He has been an athletic director for eight years and was an educator before that....
NEW CHANGES
8 New Changes in the 2023-24 NCAA Recruiting Guide
By Bella Nevin|January 9, 2024
The 2023-24 NCAA recruiting guide is out, and it has some changes from last year. With things like the transfer portal, NIL, and new research, recruiting rules are constantly being...
HOMESCHOOL INFO
NCAA Homeschool Rules and Requirements
By Bella Nevin|December 18, 2023
If you or your child is a homeschool student and you are going through the college recruiting process, your application and recruiting process will look different than other students. Here...
GET A JUMPSTART!
9 Tips For the College Application Process
By Bella Nevin|September 14, 2023
The college application can be very stressful. All the outside opinions from people can be frustrating, so it is important to know that everybody's process is different. Some people will...
ACE YOUR APPLICATIONS!
When Should Athletes Send in Their College Application?
By Bella Nevin|August 3, 2023
The college application process is stressful. There are so many different ways and times to apply and it's so hard to tell what the best option for you is. Every...
Baseball Recruiting Advice
8 Ways to Ace the College Baseball Recruiting System
By 2aDays Staff|August 2, 2023
For most baseball athletes who want to stay in their sport, there are two main options: go into the draft right out of high school and play Minor League Baseball...
Rejection Stings!
Feeling Burned? 3 Lessons Rejection Teaches Athletes in the Recruiting Process
By Ryan Wiley|May 4, 2023
Rejection is an unfortunate part of the recruiting process. The inadequate feelings of not being enough to attend a good athletic program can stop motivation in its tracks. However, as...
A Real Strikeout
Recruiting Horror Story: An Awkward Recruiting Experience
By Kyle Brady|May 2, 2023
Baseball recruiting is no walk in the park–take it from Jimmy who was looking to be recruited by a DII school for baseball. Wanting to stay on top of his...
Don't Sleep on These Tips!
Looking For Your Dream School? These 4 Recruiting Red Flags Make Any School a Nightmare for Athletic Recruits
By Ryan Wiley|April 28, 2023
For a lot of high school athletes, finding the best college to keep their athletic career going is a challenging undertaking. The recruitment process may be frustrating, but it is...
Be The Best You Can Be!
Not A 5-Star Recruit? Don’t Worry! 4 Ways Non-Superstar Athletes Can Approach Their First Preseason to Maximize Success
By Bella Nevin|April 4, 2023
Going into your first preseason is always stressful, but especially when you know your playing time will be limited. It can be easy to get discouraged and think to yourself,...
A Hopeless Situation?
Recruiting Horror Story: Experiencing False Hope
By Rhys Davies|April 4, 2023
Are you having trouble with a coach during the recruitment process? You might not be the only one! Just as you think the recruitment process with a coach is going...
Not a Good Time!
Recruiting Horror Story™: A Party Gone Wrong
By Owen Roche|March 21, 2023
Although they aren't part of an official recruiting visit, future college athletes often find themselves at parties when they are checking out a potential school. Luke was a senior in...
Thanks, Mom!
Recruiting Horror Story: A Mother’s Perspective on Recruiting Nightmares
By Rachel Pike|March 14, 2023
All a mother wants for her son is to be happy and healthy… and to play college baseball? Terri* is a mother of one: an athletic young man named Jacob*...
Ask an Athlete!
Athlete Interview: 5 College Athletes Share Tips for Navigating the Recruiting Process
By Jesse Marsh|March 9, 2023
Although former Winona State University gymnast Kate West started going on official college athletic recruiting visits for gymnastics during her first year of high school, she said she perpetually...
Home Run Advice
Don’t Strike Out in Your Recruiting Process: 5 Tips for Baseball Recruits
By 2aDays Staff|March 1, 2023
Baseball is a mental game and recruiting is a mental process as well. So does navigating the recruiting process come naturally for baseball players? Maybe not–but that's what 2aDays is...