The Sports Scholarship Handbook: The Athlete's Guide to Beating the High Cost of College [Paperback]

Don Campbell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 14, 2004 | ISBN-10: 1411609530 | ISBN-13: 978-1411609532

A guide to college sports scholarships and the sports recruiting process for student athletes, their parents and their coaches. Over $1 billion in sports scholarships will be awarded this year to over 125,000 college athletes. Topics include NCAA rules, marketing yourself, evaluating coaches and college programs, using the Internet for recruiting, college costs--scholarship amounts, visiting colleges, negotiating, and much more. More previews and other sports scholarship information and links are available at The Sports Scholarship Handbook website: http://www.athleticaid.com

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

$1 Billion in sports scholarships will go to 126,000 student athletes this year. Learn how to get your share and how to use the Internet as your recruitment tool. The Sports Scholarship Handbook will help you to answer these questions.

How can you become eligible for a sports scholarship?

What steps do you need to take today? Tomorrow?

What if you're home-schooled?

When does recruiting start?

What does it take to be recruited?

How can you get noticed by coaches?

Should you contact coaches?

Do you need an agent?

Should you pay for a recruiting service?

What is a good scholarship offer?

How should you evaluate schools?

How should you evaluate coaches?

What are "official" and "unofficial" visits?

How do you take best advantage of a visit?

Should you visit schools before you're recruited?

About the Author

Don Campbell has been a college athlete, a university professor and the father of three successful collegiate athletes. In talking with recruited athletes he kept hearing a common theme: they all wished that they had known at the start of the recruiting process the things that they had learned by the end. Don decided to write The Sports Scholarship Handbook to help student athletes to understand college recruiting and to prepare in advance for the kind of surprises they may meet along the way.

For 10 years, Don has been a member of a selection committee for a statewide college scholarship fund. In this role he has had the privilege of reading hundreds of scholarship applications and has participated in the awarding non-athletic scholarships to hundreds of students. This experience has given him insight into college costs, financial aid and scholarship selection processes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Lulu.com (July 14, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411609530
• ISBN-13: 978-1411609532
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #732,827 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It beats the others, January 14, 2005

By 

Mark Johnstone (Colorado Springs, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sports Scholarship Handbook: The Athlete's Guide to Beating the High Cost of College (Paperback)

I think Ive looked at all of them. This one's

a great guide to being recruited and getting a

sport scholarship. No filler, no dopey illustrations,

no boring athlete stories, nofluff, no practice

questions for exams.

The other books on the subject don't come close. This

one's packed with up to date information

and great strategies. I only wish it had been

available 2 years ago. We have catching up to do!

4.0 out of 5 stars Good information, November 23, 2008

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J. Stevens - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sports Scholarship Handbook: The Athlete's Guide to Beating the High Cost of College (Paperback)

The book could use a little updating, but I still found it very helpful. There's lots of good information and suggestions for the aspiring college athlete.

5.0 out of 5 stars Grab this book and your highlighter!, October 6, 2008

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Dental hy (Louisville, KY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sports Scholarship Handbook: The Athlete's Guide to Beating the High Cost of College (Paperback)

This book is easy to read (and this is a hard-to-understand subject. The author gets right to the point(s). We read through this book before one of our first 'contacts' and found it helpful in knowing what we were getting ourselves into. Highly recommended for the parents (us) and the student athlete.