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SYNOPSIS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDEX
AUTHORS
BACK COVER
ORDERING
WHO CAN BENEFIT
COMMON QUESTIONS
EXCERPTS
TESTIMONIALS
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 Ray
is a respected writer and speaker on the topics of mental skills
training and college recruiting. He holds a master of science degree
in Sport Psychology from Florida State University and has worked with
the FSU athletic department, the Houston Astros and many High School
teams. He received an undergraduate degree from Hamilton College where
he was captain of the baseball team and played football. As a coach his experience
includes two seasons with the highly regarded Florida High Seminoles
(Tallahassee), Little League, Babe Ruth, and several other youth and
high school programs.
In 1997 Ray wrote and published
Baseball: Playing Outside the Lines
- A Guide for College Bound Baseball Players, their Parents and
Coaches. In 2000 the book
was revised and updated. Now, after 1,000 sales, the 2003-04 updated
and revised edition will be available soon with more content and
exciting, in-depth interviews.
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Publications and organizations where his work
has appeared include Golf
Illustrated, The Boston Sports Journal, PONY Baseball, National High
School Baseball Coaches Association, All-Stater Magazine, High Wired
Sports Magazine, Next Step Magazine, and Compusports Media.
His past works include The
Athlete's Advisor
Newsletter, a subscription
based publication for high school athletic and guidance departments and
several contributed articles. In 2001 he was the web producer for
HighWiredSports.com, a national high school sports web site covering 60
markets via a network of 300 local sports writers that provided content
for AOL.
Currently, Ray runs
www.athletesadvisor.com
which provides educational information for parents & students regarding
training, nutrition, college recruiting and has also authored over 100
articles on college recruiting, student athletics, and mental skills,
and done extensive interviews with personal trainers at the professional
& college level. In addition Ray consults privately for families in the
middle of the college recruiting process. |
David Galehouse
 David
is the founder of New England Interactive, which operates a variety of
local and national sports-related websites. He has also written and
published over 100 articles on such topics as the college recruiting and
application process and life as a college athlete. David graduated from
Fairfield University in Connecticut with a Bachelor of Science in
Marketing. David’s athletic experience spans over 25 years. In high
school, he excelled as an athlete playing both varsity golf and baseball,
gaining such titles as league MVP and was a 2-year member of the American
Junior Golf Association. After spending a year at Rollins College, David
transferred to Fairfield University where he walked on and became a
starter and 2-year player for Fairfield’s Division 1 baseball team before
retiring to manage and teach at a local baseball training facility. After
graduating from Fairfield, David worked as an advertising representative
at Schoolsports magazine, a local high school athletic magazine in the
Boston area.
In 2001, David launched his own company, New
England Interactive, which operates
www.varsityedge.com,
a national website that provides information to parents, students, and
coaches on the college athletic recruiting process, applying to college,
life as a college athlete, financial aid information, and well as
additional topics related to youth, high school, and college athletics.
New England Interactive recently launched two additional websites,
www.golfingnewengland.com,
which provides comprehensive listings of public golf courses, driving
ranges, and golf practice facilities in the New England area, and
www.newenglandathletics.com,
which provides resources for New England athletes, camps, athletic
facilities, and instructor listings. David is also the Director of
Internet Services for the Lexington Blue Sox, an amateur baseball team
that competes in the Greater Boston Intercity League. The Making of a
Student-Athlete is David’s first book.
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