Austin Texans

College Planning Program

1

Player Scripts and Recruiting Checklist

If you are of high school age, it is important to take an active role in the college recruiting process. The first

step in doing that is to identify the colleges and universities that would make a good fit for you.

Below is a checklist and scripts you will need to copy, paste, and fill in when contacting college coaches

before, during and after you attend showcases or important league games. When you are contacting college

coaches, it is important to include good information, make it personal, and to keep it short.

resume, and provide each coach with an upcoming schedule of your games so he/she can see you play.

3. NEVER have one of your parents write to a coach. You are the one the coach might be recruiting, so he/she

wants to hear from you directly. (If the relationship develops and it appears that you might be attending that

college, they'll be plenty of time for your parents to have contact with the coaching staff.)

4. Provide contact information for your club and high school coach. Nothing is worse for a college coach than

to have to track down your coach's email or phone number. By having both an e-mail address and a phone

number listed after his/her name, it allows for the college coach to quickly email or call your club and/or high

school coach to follow up.

5. Do not send a form letter that starts out with "Dear Coach" and does not mention anything specific about

his/her program and school. The bulk of your email will be kept the same for correspondence you send out to

Austin Texans

College Planning Program

Player Checklist – Season

Before Each Season

1. Build your player profile using the template found on the Austin Texans website under "College

Planning Program – Austin Texans Player Profile Template.” Make sure that you keep it updated

throughout the year as you take exams, obtain awards, etc.

2. Send this profile to your team manager and your team coach.

3. Make a list of 10-20 colleges of interest (freshman/sophomore year). Do research on all these

schools and see if they're something you could be interested academically, athletically, location,

price, etc.

4. Send this list to your team coach and the college coordinator:

showcase website

3. Write to each college using the script provided (#1 below)

4. Look for the tournament game schedule to come out and once it is out, write a follow up email to

all the college coaches you contacted using the script provided (#2 below)

During the Showcase

1. Send a quick email using the script provided (#3 below) to all the college coaches that attended

your game and CC your team coach. The list of college coaches should be provided by your team

manager or your team coach.

After the Showcase

1. Write a thank you email to all the college coaches who attended your games within 1 week of the

3.

**Note: Please see “Checklist by Classification” under player files on the website for more

Austin Texans

College Planning Program

3

Austin Texans 98G Red)

Coach (Coach's Name),

My name is (your name) and I'm a (classification) at (name of high school) in Austin, TX. I am

interested in attending (name of college) because of your (brief reason for interest in academic

and he (or she) can be reached at: (club coach's phone number). Our team will be playing in the

(Name of showcase) from (dates of the showcase) in (location of showcase), and will also be in (list

any other current showcases that you will be attending that season). I will provide you with our game

schedule once that information is available.

I have attached my soccer resume listing my GPA of a (enter your GPA) and my other academic and

athletic accomplishments. My home phone number is: (enter home phone number) and my cell

number is: (your cell phone number). My email is: (your email address)

I wish you best of luck in your (current or upcoming) season.

Sincerely,

(Your name)

Austin Texans

College Planning Program

4

2014 – Texas Shootout Game Schedule)

Coach (Coach's Name),

My name is (your name) and I'm a (classification) at (name of high school) in Austin, TX. As stated in

my previous email, I have attached my game schedule and player profile for the (name of showcase

tournament). Currently, I play (name primary and secondary positions that you play on the field) and I

am number (your jersey number). (Enter any other information that you would like the coaches to

know. EX: I am one of two goalkeepers on this team and I will be playing in the second half of each

(Make sure you attach your player profile and game schedule with Date, Time, Location, and jersey

color and jersey number to this email)

_______________________________________________________________________________

Texans 98G Red)

Coach (Coach's Name),

My name is (your name) and I play on the Austin Texans ___ team. My jersey number is _____. I

wanted to send you a quick note and thank you for coming out to my game today. Our remaining

game schedule for the showcase is provided below. Again, thank you very much for taking the time

Austin Texans

College Planning Program

5

Cruz 2014 –Texas Shootout – Austin Texans 98G Red)

Coach (Coach's Name),

My name is (your name) and I play on the Austin Texans ___ team. I wanted to thank you for coming

out to myself and my team play during the (name of showcase). I have provided a list of future

tournament I will be attending this year if interested. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you

soon.

(provide the remaining tournament schedule for the year)

(Your name)

Before Each Season

__ Build or Update Player Profile

__ Send profile to team manager and your team coach

__ Make of list of 10-20 schools of interest (send to your team coach and the college coordinator)

Before Each Showcase

__ Research college coaches attending the showcase

__ Make a list of those you may be interested in

__ Write each school to invited them to watch you play using script #1 provided

__ Write each school to give them your game schedule using script #2 provided

During Each Showcase

__ Write all the coaches that attending your games that day using script #3 provided

After Each Showcase