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

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Product Description

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.

About the Author

Dion Wheeler has been a college coach for eleven years. Prior to that he coached at three high schools in two Midwestern states over a fourteen-year period. Much of this time was spent working with parents and student athletes as well as college recruiters. He has two grown children who were both successfully recruited: one by a Division I State University and the other by a private Division III college. A former recruiter, his clients were academically and athletically qualified student athletes wanting expert help in becoming exposed to college coaches.

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.com Sales Rank: #791,108 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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

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

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

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

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

By	K. Quinlan (Illinois) - See all my reviews

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.