NCAA College Recruitment

Contact:
Dan Del Porto, guidance counselor

The Judge Memorial Catholic High School Guidance Office strives to be as comprehensive as possible in helping our students with all of their post-high school plans. One critical area of support is in providing counseling and support for those wishing to pursue competing in collegiate athletics. In essence, what we hope to provide is a road map to college admissions and financial aid for all of our student athletes.

While this need has always existed, Judge Memorial has in the past few years made an effort to be more proactive in our approach to helping our students with this somewhat complicated process. Beginning with the 2009 fall semester, Mr. Dan Del Porto, guidance counselor to D-K, is charged with the responsibility of overseeing the important area of college athletics and college recruitment.

Any student wishing to pursue participating in college athletics should first make an appointment with Mr. Del Porto to discuss their plans. Mr. Del Porto will create a folder for the prospective college bound student athlete and discuss a number of important things during this initial meeting. Some of topics will include:

  • Handing out and discussing the Guide for the prospective college-bound athlete.
  • Registering with the NCAA Clearinghouse.
  • Registering for the ACT and/or SAT.
  • Contacting college coaches of those schools they are interested and filling out on-line recruit questionnaires.
  • Figuring Core GPA as of six semesters.
  • Importance of setting up a meeting with current coach.
  • Communicating Summer Schedule to college coaches.
  • Back-up plans.

Although Mr. Del Porto is available for support and guidance, parents and students must keep in mind that the real responsibility with this process lies with them. The key is to start as early as possible so once the student gets to the summer between their junior and senior year (when “active” recruiting can typically begin) they are ahead of the game.

Please see below for helpful Web sites, Web links, and helpful documents to download.

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Differences Among the Three NCAA divisions:

Some informative Web resources include:

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