A Parent's and Student Athlete's Guide to Athletic Scholarships : Getting Money Without Being Taken for a (Full) Ride [Paperback]

Dion Wheeler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2000

A Parent's and Student Athlete's Guide to Athletic Scholarships is designed to help young athletes and parents like you understand the recruiting process and the wide array of scholarships and financial aid available. Dion Wheeler, an experienced high school and college coach and parent of two successfully recruited student-athletes, shares his secrets of success in this comprehensive guide.

This book provides the tools, devices, and strategies to give your student-athlete the best opportunity to continue an athletic career in college and to receive financial aid (scholarships, grants, low-interest loans) based upon athletic ability. Wheeler leads you step-by-step through the tangled web of recruiting confusion, duplicity, and unfairness.

By following the program, your prospect will gain an advantage over other equally qualified student-athletes who dream of college athletics and a scholarship based on athletic ability. A detailed appendix includes complete contact information for colleges and universities that offer athletic scholarships.

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About the Author

Dion Wheeler is the interim head track coach at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. He formerly owned a recruiting service and is a parent of two student-athletes whose recruitment he managed.

Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (May 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809224437
• ISBN-13: 978-0809224432
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,860,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Without athletics, Dion Wheeler would never have graduated from UW-La Crosse. His father died when he was nine. Not wanting him and his brother running the streets of the South Side of Chicago, his mother sent him to Glenwood School for Boys, a residential school for dependent boys. He lived and grew up there until he graduated at eighteen. He was an average student in high school, but a young coach inspired him to both exploit his athletic ability and to take his education seriously as they were the foundation upon which he would "prepare for the future." And so he did!

Education and athletics have been the motivators of his time. Despite a few interruptions to experience the business world, he has taught and coached at every level: grade school, high school and college. He has been a presenter and instructor at business, athletic recruiting and education seminars. He is currently a member of the acclaimed Education Speaker's Team of the National Collegiate Scouting Association.

In addition to his recruiting experience-fourteen years at the high school level and tweleve at college-he managed the recruitment of his two children, both of whom were successfully recruited. One by a Division I State University, the other by a Division III Private College.

His ownership of a college prospect recruiting service was the experience where the final piece of the recruiting puzzle fit. He exposed and often negotiated for academically and athletically qualified high school prospects to coaches of nearly every sport around the country. His unique grasp of the recruiting process from every angle has prepared him to write this powerful guide.

Dion lives with his wife Dianne in Plainfield, IL.

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A High School Coach's Review, July 7, 2000

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Joseph W. Golden (Indianapolis, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Parent's and Student Athlete's Guide to Athletic Scholarships : Getting Money Without Being Taken for a (Full) Ride (Paperback)

As a high school coach who believes it is part of my responsibility to assist acdemically and athletically qualified student/athletes to find athletic scholarsips and have found the recruiting process confusing, frustrating, and unfair, this unique book has turned me into a recruiting magician.

The other books I've used for recruiting information are mostly designed for Blue Chip athletes. They don't need much help in getting athletic scholarships. This book is written to help the athletes who aren't necessarily Division I prospects. The different ways it helps from Profile creation to the visit, to important questions, to negotiation strategies and scripts to understanding how unfair the recruiting process actually is and how to use that unfairness as a counterforce t level the playing field for parents and athletes is amazing.

The Chapter revealing the real story about Division III recruiting and financial aid for athletic ability is incredibly insightful and powerful.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Athletic Scholarships, July 14, 2000

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Lovenphx (Phoenix, Az USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Parent's and Student Athlete's Guide to Athletic Scholarships : Getting Money Without Being Taken for a (Full) Ride (Paperback)

This is an outstanding book for parents and students alike.

The book opens so many doors with information about financial help to both collages and universities that the average person is not aware of. It offers places to seek financial help and rewards for the great amount of time and efforts these athletes put into their accomplishments.

This book which has, listed by states, the names of collages and universities where schoarships are offered, along with the guidelines on how to seek financial help which is so very much needed these days. I only wish a book like this had been available when my children were entering that stage of their lives.

I highly recommend this to anyone who has children or knows of anyone who are athletes and are looking to continue their education.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Parent's and Student-Athlete's Guide to Athletic Scholarsh, May 14, 2000

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K. Quinlan (Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Parent's and Student Athlete's Guide to Athletic Scholarships : Getting Money Without Being Taken for a (Full) Ride (Paperback)

I wish this book had been available when my student athlete daughter was considering her college choice. It is an easy to use resource filled with practical guides for navigating what is available to students.Information on putting together a videotape, documents needed, the school visit and negotiating guidelines will assist anyone going through this process. There is a huge list of colleges and universities covering the type of athletic scholarship each offers. This is a gift book I will be giving friends and family.