Next College Student Athlete (NCSA) is a for-profit organization that connects
middle and
high school
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student-athletes with college coaches.
NCSA teaches middle and high school student-athletes about the college
recruiting process.
The NCSA Athletic Recruiting team consists of coaches, scouts and former college
athletes
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Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-develo ...
.
NCSA Athletic Recruiting was included in the 2012
Inc. 5000
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, and in the top 20 of Crain's Fast Fifty in both 2013 and 2012.
History
Chris Krause
Next College Student Athlete (NCSA) is a for-profit organization that connects middle and high school student-athletes with college coaches. NCSA teaches middle and high school student-athletes about the college recruiting process.
The NCSA At ...
founded NCSA Athletic Recruiting because the recruiting process he went through as a student was difficult.
Krause set out to bring recruiting technology together to help high school athletes gain exposure to a network of coaches.
The NCSA gives students options that lead to careers after college.
NCSA has over 350 former college athletes on staff, including
Sue Enquist,
Tunde Oshinowo and
Cecil Martin
Danyel Cecil Martin (born July 8, 1975) is a former American football fullback in the National Football League (NFL).
Early life
Martin was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 8, 1975. He attended Evanston Township High School in Illinois before ...
. They have also helped many athletes such as
Bryan Bulaga
Bryan Joseph Bulaga ( ; born March 21, 1989) is an American football offensive tackle who is a free agent. He played college football at Iowa. Bulaga was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He won Super Bowl ...
,
Patrick Brown and Jason Straight.
Services
NCSA Athletic Recruiting teaches student-athletes and their parents about college recruiting.
NCSA Athletic Recruiting gives each student-athlete his/her own recruiting profile.
On this profile, the student-athlete can create a public page to display his/her talents.
Student-athletes’
academic grades
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* Grade (education), a measurement of a student's performance
* Grade, the number of the year a student has reached in a given educational stage
* Grade (slope), the steepness of a slope
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and athleticism are evaluated by NCSA Athletic Recruiting scouts. With this information, the scouts compose a list of colleges each student-athlete can realistically consider to both make the team and receive
financial aid
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.
In 2008, NCSA Athletic Recruiting assisted almost 4,000 high school seniors.
In 2011, over 7,000 eighth-graders joined the NCSA network.
The same year, nearly 1,400 seventh-graders joined the network.
Through custom technology, NCSA Athletic Recruiting has helped over 60,000 student-athletes obtain $2.4 billion in grants, aid and scholarships.
NCSA has optional additional services that range in cost from hundreds to thousands of dollars.
Awards and recognition
* 2013 Crain's Fast Fifty #13
* 2012 Crain's Fast Fifty #20
* 2012 Inc. 5000 #1378
** #24 in Education
** #61 in Illinois
** #56 in Chicago Metro Area
* 2012 Chicago's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For
See also
*
Izell Reese
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*
Sue Enquist
References
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Companies based in Chicago