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Sports Scholarship Recruiting Timeline

Sports Scholarship Recruiting Timeline

Ideally, you should start the scholarship recruiting process very early on.  The earlier you start, the more time you will have to make any changes which will affect your eligibility (such as improving your grades) and negotiate scholarships with coaches.   If you are starting later than freshman or sophomore year, you can still use these Read the full article

Tips for Negotiating a Sports Scholarship Offer

Tips for Negotiating a Sports Scholarship Offer

So, you’ve got a sports scholarship offer.  All that hard work has paid off!  But now you suddenly find yourself under a lot of pressure to accept the offer.  What a lot of perspective student athletes don’t realize is that scholarship offers can and should be negotiated.

4 Ways to Promote Yourself and Land a Sports Scholarship

4 Ways to Promote Yourself and Land a Sports Scholarship

As a perspective student athlete, the most important thing you need to know is that it is up to you to get a sports scholarship. Your local coach isn’t going to get you a scholarship. Your parents aren’t going to get you a scholarship. And, unless you are a rare prodigy, no scouts are going Read the full article

How to Choose (the Right) College Courses: A Guide for Student Athletes

How to Choose (the Right) College Courses: A Guide for Student Athletes

Choosing college courses is difficult for any student, but it is particularly challenging for student athletes who also must factor in their demanding athletic obligations.   Don’t worry! Here are some tips to help you choose the right college courses which will advance your career – both academically and athletically.

How to Make Time for Studying As a College Student Athlete

How to Make Time for Studying As a College Student Athlete

It is no secret that a college student athlete spends a huge amount of time in training, competition, meetings with coaches, and other sports-related activities. But what about the student part? How do student athletes find time to study?

The NCAA Season Schedule: What Student Athletes Can Expect

The NCAA Season Schedule: What Student Athletes Can Expect

It is no secret that NCAA college athletes have grueling schedules, both during the season and in the off season too. But, if you are truly passionate about playing college sports, then it can be a very rewarding experience. Here is what NCAA college athletes can expect their schedules to look like.

Sports Recruiting vs. Sports Scholarship Process

Sports Recruiting vs. Sports Scholarship Process

When talking about the process of joining a college sports team, the terms “sports recruiting” and “sports scholarship” are often used interchangeably. However, there are actually a lot of key differences between the sports recruiting process and process of getting a scholarship. Here is what you need to know.   Not All Colleges Offer Sports Read the full article

34 Questions to Ask College Coaches during Recruiting

34 Questions to Ask College Coaches during Recruiting

When you speak with a college coach during recruiting, it is important that you have prepared a list of questions to ask the coach. Asking questions not only gives you information about the college and athletic program, but shows the coach that you are serious about a career as a student athlete.

What Are Athletic Recruiting Services and Do You Really Need Them?

What Are Athletic Recruiting Services and Do You Really Need Them?

There are currently 1,845 colleges and universities in the United States, as well as over 1,600 2-year institutions. Most of these colleges and universities sponsor some sort of sports scholarship. As a student athlete looking for an athletic scholarship, it can be quite overwhelming! That is where athletic recruiting services come in.

NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA: What’s the Difference?

NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA: What’s the Difference?

If you are looking to get a sports scholarship in America, you’ve got a lot of options. The main organizations which give out sports scholarships are the NCAA, NAIA, and the NJCAA.  Here we will go over the differences between these organizations, and how to know which sports scholarship to go for.

How to Apply for a Sports Scholarship in the USA

How to Apply for a Sports Scholarship in the USA

There are over 1,000 NCAA institutions and they give out about $1 billion in sports scholarships each year. With so many sports scholarships available, you might think your chances of getting one are pretty good. But consider that only 2% of American high school athletes and even fewer international athletes get an NCAA scholarship. You Read the full article

How good do I need to be for football scholarship?

How good do I need to be for football scholarship?

Almost every football player, no matter at what level, has asked themselves if they were good enough at some point. It’s no surprise that the vast majority of those considering a football scholarship; ask how good they have to be to get one. It’s a legitimate question, and we’re going to try to answer it.

Why Choose a Soccer Scholarship in the USA

Why Choose a Soccer Scholarship in the USA

Embarking on a degree of your choice through a soccer scholarship in the USA opens up a host of opportunities for talented young athletes to reach their full potential. It also allows talented people to experience life in the United States while pursuing and achieving their academic and athletic goals simultaneously.

Sports Scholarships in the US

Sports Scholarships in the US

UK students have the opportunity to attend top universities and colleges to study their preferred topics, provided they put in the effort and get the required grades. There are many wonderful educational facilities all over the country offering fantastic courses that will help the student to progress towards their chosen career path. However, students in Read the full article

Benefits of a Sports Scholarship in America

Benefits of a Sports Scholarship in America

If you have ever considered studying abroad then you may be interested to know that one way to do this is with a sports scholarship. USA universities offer many opportunities for sports scholarships every year and they are not just open to students from the USA. Many internationals students are studying for degrees in the Read the full article

Applying for a Sports Scholarship

Applying for a Sports Scholarship

When applying for a sports scholarship, such as golf scholarships in America for instance, it is important to take the time and put in the effort required to ensure your success. These scholarships are typically awarded to the applicants who have put in the most effort, so it really is in your own hands. Those Read the full article

Tips for securing football scholarships

Tips for securing football scholarships

This article will attempt to describe everything you need to consider and understand about football scholarships and successfully getting recruited for college football. Football scholarships still remain one of the most competitive industries in the world of sports scholarships, however, full scholarships are much more common in football than in any other sport. These scholarships Read the full article

Why is Academic Performance So Important?

Why is Academic Performance So Important?

The bond between athletic scholarships and academic performance has always been there. Many capable athletes have missed lucrative full scholarships because their grades were not up to scratch. If you want one of the few NCAA golf scholarships, or a scholarship in any of the other sports available, this year you have to do well Read the full article

What is an Athletic Scholarship?

What is an Athletic Scholarship?

An athletic scholarship is something that has been forever immortalised as part of the American education system. Whilst some other countries do consider sporting prowess, the American school system is the only system in the world where sporting skill can be taken into account solely for the purposes of a scholarship. If you are unaware Read the full article

Tips for Student Athlete Looking to Impress

Tips for Student Athlete Looking to Impress

Netting an athletic scholarship is incredibly difficult. You can increase your chances of success by going about your business in the right way. If you’re a student athlete, you need to act like a student athlete. Together with the experts at Unitedsportsusa.com, we are going to go through some of the smart tips every student Read the full article

Quick and Dirty Tips for Landing that Sports Scholarship

Quick and Dirty Tips for Landing that Sports Scholarship

Are you ready to start aiming for that athletic scholarship? If so, hold up for a second. There is a right way and a wrong way to go about applying for a scholarship. Applying for American golf scholarships with evidence of a few tournament wins might impress your mother, but it is not going to Read the full article

5 Things You Need to Know About Athletic Scholarships

5 Things You Need to Know About Athletic Scholarships

All parents would like to think that they have the next Dan Marino or Zinedine Zidane in their house. However,it is easy to be carried away when someone’s offspring wins a local tournament. Athletic scholarships are a possibility for young sports stars, but they are not easy to get and they aren’t the golden ticket Read the full article

British Girl’s Open Amateur Championship

British Girl’s Open Amateur Championship

This week Massereene Golf Club in Northern Ireland hosted one of the biggest events on the European girl’s golf calendar, The British Girl’s Open Amateur Championship. The event attracts the best young female amateur golfers from across Europe and United Sports USA had 7 clients amongst the field with many more unable to make it Read the full article

4 Notable Sports Halls of Fame in the USA & Canada

4 Notable Sports Halls of Fame in the USA & Canada

In North America, sport is taken very seriously and there’s a universal willingness to preserve each sport’s individual and unique history, alongside memories of the individuals and teams that made the game special. Halls of fame are the great places to celebrate sports. Here are a few great places to see during your time in Read the full article

How to maximise your sport scholarship funding

How to maximise your sport scholarship funding

HOW TO MAXIMISE SPORT SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITHIN A UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR JUNIOR COLLEGE. At United Sports USA we are constantly asked by student athletes and their parents how we maximise the level of scholarship funding to make university/college, junior college more affordable. The initial process of gaining a scholarship Read the full article

Rollins College – NCAA DII Powerhouse

Rollins College – NCAA DII Powerhouse

Rollins College is one of the prestigious schools that celebrates not only education excellence. It also continues to be one of the top sides playing at NCAA DII. College provides number of sports both on varsity and club level. Rollins college has some of the most impressive facilities within the division. The video is a Read the full article

Northern Illinois University athletics celebrate

Northern Illinois University athletics celebrate

Northern Illinois University athletics celebrates its four MAC championships in 2011-12 with a spectacular lip dub video in the Yordon Center. The video was first debuted at the third annual NIU Athletics awards show “The Victors” on May 3, 2012. We see athletes from number of different sports taking part. Several teams showing off their Read the full article

Women’s basketball at Florida State

Women’s basketball at Florida State

We hear from the Florida State University Head Women’s Basketball Coach about having an International player on her team. Leonor Rodriguez is in her Junior year as a Seminole. Last summer Leonor helped lead Spain to a gold medal at the 2011 FIBA U20 European Championship. She scored nine points and grabbed five boards in Read the full article

Soccer ball tricks with Duke’s Blue Devils

Soccer ball tricks with Duke’s Blue Devils

We take an unusual tour of the Might Blue Devil’s campus with Freshman Sean Davis and Junior Goalkeeper James Belshaw. Two soccer players shows us around the campus while performing some impressive soccer ball tricks. You can find them in the basketball arena, on the campus bus, in the cafeteria and in front Duke’s most Read the full article

The privilege of being student-athlete

The privilege of being student-athlete

Michigan State Quarter Back Kirk Cousin’s speaks about his experiences as a student athlete and the privilege it has been to represent Michigan State University, his family and kids with dreams that he once dreamt. His speech gives an insight into how big college sports are: playing in a packed stadiums, having the support of Read the full article

NCAA on campus – Decemper

NCAA on campus – Decemper

NCAA On Campus travels to the University of Dubuque, in northeastern Iowa, to meet Michael Zweifel, who this season became the most prolific receiver in the history of the NCAA. Zweifel has set the NCAA career reception record for all three Divisions and is just one of 16 football players nationwide to be name the Read the full article

2011 NCAA Woman of the Year – Laura Barito

2011 NCAA Woman of the Year – Laura Barito

Laura Barito, Stevens Institute of Technology swimming and track & field student-athlete, is the 2011 NCAA Woman of the Year. Coming from a non-athletic family Laura puts her success as a college athlete down to hard work and perseverance. Congratulations Laura on all of your hard work! Life as student athlete is challenging as you Read the full article

Meet the Mewis sisters

Meet the Mewis sisters

With the college regular season coming to a close, we thought this was a good time to dip into our Video Vault and pull out this gem featuring (with apologies to the DiMartino sisters) perhaps the two most successful sisters in U.S. Youth Women’s National Teams history, Kristie and Samantha Mewis. Both are having extremely Read the full article

OU Sooners women’s soccer

OU Sooners women’s soccer

We take a look at the mighty OU Sooners Women’s Soccer Team. Register to attend our next female football assessment match.

Former student-athlete giving back at Stony Brook

Former student-athlete giving back at Stony Brook

Highbridge Capital CEO Glenn Dubin donated $4.3 million to his alma mater, Stony Brook University. Glenn was a dual student-athlete representing Stony Brooks in both football and lacrosse. His donation is funding an 8,000-square-foot strength and conditioning center. Sports are an integral part of college experience in the United States of America and alumni often Read the full article

Wake Forest University the Arsenal of college soccer

Wake Forest University the Arsenal of college soccer

As Wake Forest University look to make their return to the top of the college soccer rankings. The team that they base their play on challenges for the Premier League Title. Enjoy watching soccer in it’s purest form. Learn more about Football Scholarships in America