Tom Newell At Large : Recruiting

College Recruiting Symposium: Saturday, May 30th

Tom — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:08:00 GMT

Area Coaches Answer Parents and Student’s Questions and Help Understand Athletics Today

Family SportsLife Today presents the fourth annual symposium “Expectations and Revelations: an Insight to the Process of Intercollegiate Recruiting”.

The symposium will be held Saturday May 30, 2009, in the Assembly Room of Hec Ed Pavilion. Registration begins at 8:45 AM and the program runs from 9:00 to 12:00 PM. Directions are available here.

Representatives from the following programs will participate in a panel discussion and answer question on the subject of identifying prospects and how the process begins towards recruiting a high school student athlete. This program is for parents and kids at the Middle School and High School levels of interscholastic sports. The symposium is FREE and refreshments will be provided. Canned food donations for Northwest Harvest will be accepted.

Panelists will include representatives from the University of Washington, Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, Northwest College, and St. Martins University. Basketball, baseball, volleyball, and other sports will be represented. Former athletes will also share their experience.

What’s Next?

What are the opportunities for college scholarships? How does the college recruitment process work? What if my son or daughter is not an athletic superstar? What options are available beyond division-I schools? What about post-graduate opportunities?

Panelists will include:

Keith Cooper, St. Martin's Men's Basketball coach
NW University, Kirkland, NAIA Men's Coach John VanDyke
Dave Wainhouse, Seattle U’s Assistant Baseball Coach
UW Men's Asst. Coach in basketball, Paul Fortier
representative from Seattle U’s Men's basketball
Al Mustante, co-author of “Keep Playing! The Six Step Game Plan”
Coach Barry Mestel, President of Winning Ways, Orlando, Florida

Special Thanks

This program is made possible by the following Community Support Programs:
University of Washington, Intercollegiate Athletics
Seattle Pacific University, Intercollegiate Athletics
Seattle Sports Advisory Council
Coaches Who Care, Intl.
The Ram Restaurants
FamilySportsLifeToday.com
All Panelists and Testimonials by former Student Athletes

About Family SportsLife Today
FamilySportsLifeToday was founded in 2006 by former NBA Coach Tom Newell, high school Coach Guy Perry, and technologist Jay Arnold. FamilySportsLifeToday.com is dedicated to assisting volunteer coaches, parents and participants develop better teaching models and motivational methods, bringing families to improve the dynamic of the youth sports experience. FSLT provides Internet radio podcasts, news articles, documents and resources for youth coaches, parents and players at http://www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com/

FamilySportsLifeToday organized the first televised basketball game with hoops raised to 11-feet in June 2007, kicking off a national discussion on the state of professional basketball. See http://www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com/ForLoveOfGame

About Coach Tom Newell
Tom Newell was the first NBA coach to coach a Chinese Basketball Association team, the Jilin Northeast Tigers in 2007-2008. Coach Newell blogged about the experience at http://www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com/blogs/tigers Previously, Newell was an Assistant Coach for the Seattle Supersonics, Director of Player Personnel for the Indiana Pacers, and Scout for the Golden State Warriors. He also was an Assistant Coach for the WNBA's Portland Fire.

Technorati Tags: College Recruiting,Scholarships,NCAA,NAIA

Panelists Announced for Discussion on Intercollegiate Recruiting

Tom — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:26:56 GMT

Our symposium, "Expectations with Revelations: An Insight into the Process of Intercollegiate Recruiting" will be held Saturday May 31, 2008, in the Assembly Room of Hec Ed Pavilion at the University of Washington. Directions are here.

Registration begins at 12 noon and the program runs from 12:30 to 3:30 PM.

Representatives from the following programs are scheduled to participate in a panel discussion and answer questions on the subject of identifying prospects and how the process begins towards recruiting a high school student athlete.

University of Washington: Leslie Tuiasusopo, Volleyball; Paul Fortier, Men’s Basketball; Loree Payne, Women’s Basketball
Seattle Pacific University: Jeff Hironaka, Men’s Basketball
Seattle University: Joe Callero, Men’s Basketball; Dan Kriley, Women’s Basketball
Northwest University (Kirkland): John Van ***, Men’s Basketball
University of Nebraska: Sunny Smallwood, Women’s Basketball
Eastern Washington University: Cheryl Sorenson, Women’s Basketball
St. Martin’s: Keith Cooper, Men’s Basketball
Bellevue Community College: Coach Ernie Woods, retired NWAC Hall of Fame coach
Coach John Bowers: former D-IAA College football recruiter, current Ballard High School Football Head Coach

This program is for parents and kids at the Middle School and High School levels of interscholastic sports. The symposium is FREE and refreshments will be provided.

“I attended the symposium previously and had a lot of questions on how the college application process fit with the athletic recruiting for my son. Tom and his panel of speakers did a great job of outlining the parent’s role in their child’s athletic future, what the student should realistically expect beyond high school, and how colleges approach scouting, recruiting, and scholarships,” said Pat Ulhman, whose son Ryan Roarke is a Cornell University graduate.

Donations of Food items for Northwest Harvest will be greatly appreciated and gladly accepted!

Questions will be presented to the coaches as well as parents learning about the various rules and regulations related to their children becoming NCAA Eligible for recruitment. Materials will be passed out to each family in attendance.

Parents and athletes interested in attending are encouraged to register here. Parents are invited to fill out a survey on college recruiting at www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com/survey to help us prepare for the event. You can also send your questions to familysportslifetoday@gmail.com.

For those not able to attend in person, the program will be broadcast live over the Internet at www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com/tv

"Expectations with Revelations" will be Broadcast Live

Tom — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:18:44 GMT

Our upcoming symposium, "Expectations with Revelations: An Insight into Intercollegiate Recruiting..." will be broadcast live over the Internet. People who cannot attend the event in person should go to

www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com/tv

to watch on Saturday. The program will run from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time.

If you have the latest Adobe Flash Player, you should be able to watch the video. This is a free download.

Before the symposium, parents also should fill out our survey. See www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com/survey

An Insight to the Process of Intercollegiate Recruiting

Tom — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:35:37 GMT

We're proud to announce that Family SportsLife Today is holding a FREE Symposium for Parents and Student-Athletes to be held at University of Washington on Saturday, May 31st entitled “Expectations with Revelations: an insight to the process of Intercollegiate recruiting today…”.

The event will be held at the University of Washington, Hec Ed Pavilion, Assembly Hall, Saturday, May 31, 2008, from 12:00 -3:30pm. Middle School and High School parents and their student athlete children are invited to this FREE program. Pre-registration is encouraged by joining
www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com.

This program features college coaches as Panelists from various areas of intercollegiate sports. Division I, II, III, NAIA and Community College representatives will present their recruiting insights and information for parents and their student athletes on what identifies a prospect today when they evaluate a student athlete playing interscholastic sports.

The representative Universities and Colleges from the Puget Sound will include coaches from Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, St. Martin’s College, Pacific Lutheran University, University of Puget Sound, Northwest University, Bellevue Community College, and the host school, the University of Washington. The sports being represented in this symposium will be the following:

Men and Women’s Basketball
Volleyball (D-I, D-II)
Men and Women’s Soccer
Football (D-I, D-II)
Track and Field
Fast pitch Softball

Also featured in this extraordinary program are former intercollegiate student athletes from the various levels of intercollegiate athletics and their respective sports. Certified professionals from Strength and Conditioning training programs will also provide information for parents and student athletes.

Topics will cover:

Identifying a student athlete “prospect” today. Where and when are they first discovered?
The “first” contact: is the beginning of “expectations”?
The Parent’s role in supporting their student athlete today in middle school and high school sports.
How a Parent can best prepare for understanding the eligibility related to NCAA Clearinghouse rules and regulations today.
Important information and dates to remember.
Core subjects that are pre-requisites for eligibility standards per NCAA Clearinghouse rules.
Select Team programs: does it help to be on a “Select” team today or not?
What age should individual training, such as Strength and Conditioning programs be initiated?
Sports Nutrition and your student athlete today. The importance of eating well and staying healthy.

The program is FREE to the Public. The program is FREE to the Public.

Refreshments will be available. A question and answer session will follow the presentation. Questions for the seminar can be submitted in advance to FamilySportsLifeToday@gmail.com. Before the event, we'd like Parents to fill out a survey on college recruiting at www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com/survey.

Registration will be open from 12:00 - 12:20pm. Pre-registration is recommended at www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com . Seating is limited, so it is important to register online now for this event.

Donations of Food items for Northwest Harvest will be greatly appreciated and gladly accepted!

This is the third program of its kind. The inaugural program began in 2001 at Seattle Pacific University and was widely acclaimed by all parents in attendance at that time. The second program was hosted on the campus at Hec Ed Pavilion two years ago, and all parents in attendance came away with a better understanding of what college coaches think when they identify a “prospect” for their sports programs.