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Recruiting Horror Story: New Coach Who Dis?
Run Away From Coaches Like This!
Recruiting Horror Story: New Coach Who Dis?

By Matthew Reichen|June 28, 2022

Come back every Tuesday for Recruiting Horror Stories™, athletes' first-hand stories on what can go wrong during the recruiting process. It was the start of this anonymous athlete's second year...

Recruiting Horror Story: What Happens When a Torn Muscle Impacts Recruiting?
Recruiting Can Be a Pain!
Recruiting Horror Story: What Happens When a Torn Muscle Impacts Recruiting?

By Grant Osborne|June 21, 2022

Come back every Tuesday for Recruiting Horror Stories™, athletes' first-hand stories on what can go wrong during the recruiting process. Garrett Coe is a pitcher for the UConn baseball team....

RHS™: Getting Ghosted By a Coach
Boo!
RHS™: Getting Ghosted By a Coach

By Charlie Ducret|June 7, 2022

Come back every Tuesday for Recruiting Horror Stories™, athletes' first-hand stories on what can go wrong during the recruiting process. As a high school college athlete who made the honor...

Recruiting Horror Story: Will There be a Season?
Making Lemonade out of Lemons
Recruiting Horror Story: Will There be a Season?

By Madison Machado|May 31, 2022

Allie Gusmano was in the summer of Junior year casting lines out to schools hoping to get a bite. Salve Regina University took interest in the second baseman after coming...

Recruiting Horror Stories™: My Guidance Counselor Made Me Doubt Myself
Believe in yourself!
Recruiting Horror Stories™: My Guidance Counselor Made Me Doubt Myself

By Catherine Light|May 17, 2022

Come back every Tuesday for Recruiting Horror Stories™, athletes' first-hand stories on what can go wrong during the recruiting process. The recruiting process can be full of twists and turns,...

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Recruiting Horror Story: When Skill Isn’t Enough
Do You Have What it Takes?
Recruiting Horror Story: When Skill Isn’t Enough

By Daley Craft|May 10, 2022

Sometimes, even the most skilled athletes don't get the college offer they were hoping for. This happened to a football recruit when he attended a camp for a university he...

Recruiting Horror Stories™:They Couldn’t Even Remember my Name!
Say my name, say my name
Recruiting Horror Stories™:They Couldn’t Even Remember my Name!

By Catherine Light|May 3, 2022

Come back every Tuesday for Recruiting Horror Stories™, athletes' first-hand stories on what can go wrong during the recruiting process. Can you imagine going to a school where the coach...

Recruiting Horror Stories: What’s with the Switch Up Coach?
Bait and Switch
Recruiting Horror Stories: What’s with the Switch Up Coach?

By Daesha Harper|April 26, 2022

Come back every Tuesday for Recruiting Horror Stories™, athletes' first-hand stories on what can go wrong during the recruiting process. You know those friends who you thought wanted the best...

Recruiting Horror Stories™: How Universities Take Advantage of Funding
Mo' Money, Mo' Problems?
Recruiting Horror Stories™: How Universities Take Advantage of Funding

By Ashton Grenon|April 12, 2022

Recruiting Horror Stories™ are posted every Tuesday to provide athletes' first-hand experiences of what can go wrong during the recruiting process. Jarod has been playing golf for as long as...

Recruiting Horror Story™: No One Likes a Back-Stabber as a Coach
The Coach Was a Bully
Recruiting Horror Story™: No One Likes a Back-Stabber as a Coach

By Daesha Harper|March 1, 2022

Come back every Tuesday for Recruiting Horror Stories™, athletes' first-hand stories on what can go wrong during the recruiting process. Have you ever had a coach who constantly talks mess...

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Recruiting Horror Stories™: Reopening Recruiting as a Goalie
Division I Soccer
Recruiting Horror Stories™: Reopening Recruiting as a Goalie

By Macy McHale|February 15, 2022

Come back every Tuesday for Recruiting Horror Stories™, athletes' first-hand stories on what can go wrong during the recruiting process. Lauren is a goalie for Miami University's women's soccer team....

Recruiting Horror Stories™: The year of COVID Redshirts and Roster Saturation
COVID Roster Saturation
Recruiting Horror Stories™: The year of COVID Redshirts and Roster Saturation

By Dylan Tehada|February 8, 2022

Out of all high school and college athletes, the COVID-19 pandemic perhaps had the biggest impact on the spring season high school seniors whose season got cut short out of...

Recruiting Horror Stories™: Trapped at Team Bonding in the Woods
Snowy Official Visit
Recruiting Horror Stories™: Trapped at Team Bonding in the Woods

By Sydney DeNardo|February 1, 2022

Recruiting Horror Stories™ are posted every Tuesday to provide athletes' first-hand experiences of what can go wrong during the recruiting process. Halle DeNardo is a Division I tennis player in...

Recruiting Horror Story™: The Coach Lied about the Offer TWICE!
Lies
Recruiting Horror Story™: The Coach Lied about the Offer TWICE!

By Monique Felix|January 25, 2022

Come back every Tuesday for Recruiting Horror Stories™, athletes' first-hand stories on what can go wrong during the recruiting process. It is very important that you have a reasonably large...

Recruiting Horror Story: A Rumor Cost Me an Offer
rowing
Recruiting Horror Story: A Rumor Cost Me an Offer

By Isaac Haney|January 4, 2022

Recruiting Horror Stories™ are posted every Tuesday to provide athletes' first-hand experiences of what can go wrong during the recruiting process. As a student-athlete, you focus on what you can...

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Recruiting Horror Stories: The Vacation That Wasn’t a Vacation
Campus Visit or Vacation?
Recruiting Horror Stories: The Vacation That Wasn’t a Vacation

By Brendan Duffy|December 28, 2021

**Recruiting Horror Stories™ are posted every Tuesday to provide athletes' first-hand experiences of what can go wrong during the recruiting process. Usually, when you go to an ID camp, or...

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