The Basic Steps of the Recruiting Process
     Using the sport of baseball as an example, we breakdown the basic steps involved in the recruiting process. Other sports due vary in some ways, but the general process is all very similar.

1. At some point you realize college athletics is a realistic goal. 
        Depending on whom you are and your background, being a professional ball player might have been your dream since the first time you played T-Ball.  Most l players understand that the odds of being a big leaguer are slim, yet we hold onto that dream in some fashion as long as we are playing.
        Eventually, the dream of pro ball is delayed when we think of going to college and playing ball (then we can go to the pros)!  Surprisingly, few high school players see themselves going to college for baseball.  You never know what triggers the mind to think it is a realistic goal.  For one player, Greg Robbins of Westford (MA) Academy, it was a summer camp at UCLA, attended out of convenience to a family vacation, where he was first told “You can play somewhere in college if you continue to work hard at it.”  Today he is preparing for his senior season and has an early acceptance to attend and play for Kenyon College (OH).
        When you have the goal, the natural inclination is to work towards achieving it. Hence the process begins to take more shape.