CONGRATULATIONS to Hanna Drake…she is attending Cornell University next year to play volleyball! I just received a great letter from her dad, and I wanted to share with you the POWER of using a college recruiting coach for your recruiting process…
November 26, 2008
Dear Coach Chris,
Hanna has committed to playing volleyball at Cornell, gone through the early admission process, and is waiting for her official letter stating she is attending Cornell next fall. Cornell was Hanna’s first choice of the over 50 schools that contacted her. While Hanna would have drawn interest on her own, there is no doubt that SAS greatly increased Hanna’s reach and options in attending a school. Schools are always interested in other schools that a prospective athlete is talking to. The breadth of schools Hanna was corresponding with gave her valuable leverage in discussions with the specific schools she was interested in.
Originally Hanna wanted to stay close to home. Through the encouragement of others, you included, Hanna decided to send her website to Ivy League schools. Within a week Harvard and Cornell sent her very specific letters stating their interest. Hanna responded, they came and watched her play in tournaments, and each offered her a visit. Hanna immediately felt a connection with Cornell and rigorously pursued playing there. While she focused on Cornell, she was fielding interest from a wide range of schools. When requests came for transcripts, game footage, and personal information being able to email the website address that contained all that information was a blessing that greatly simplified a very complicated process.
Hanna started playing club at the age of eight years old. We have spent tens of thousands of dollars over the years enabling Hanna to play sports. We put a great deal of money into middle and high school sports as well. In addition to the money outlay we spent untold hours supporting her efforts. Given the interest SAS generated for Hanna, and the hours it saved us in responses to schools, SAS was the best investment we made in the course of getting Hanna into a university.
We couldn’t be more pleased with the results we garnered from SAS. We are thrilled that Hanna will be part of Cornell’s program. Thank you for all your efforts to date, and your continued support and dialogue with Hanna going forward.
Sincerely,
Howard Drake
To view Hanna’s SAS profile go to: www.hdrake.sasprospects.com
Hanna, GREAT JOB, and I am so proud of you! Best of luck in your future endeavors!
MyLeadershipU.com
