RowCruiting.com, a new service to the rowing community, has been founded to help any high school and foreign rowing athlete looking to learn about the recruiting process in the sport. Most men's and women's college programs at DI, DII, DIII, Club and Varsity level need to recruit the best athletes for their programs. Every coach is looking for the best fit to his or her program, and the new service hopes to make coaches able to search with better accuracy and with greater ease.
According to a release by RowCruiting, "the database has been created to be much more than a list of names and erg scores," holding complete athletic backgrounds, but also academic backgrounds, academic interest, erg scores at 2k, 5k and other lengths, and in particular gives the athlete the ability to upload photo and video segments that can highlight a rower's erg style or ability on the water. "As one knows a photograph is worth a thousand words and a video is worth 10,000 words and can be a great recruiting tool for every coach in the country."
Athletes nationwide as well as across the world can easily search hundreds of programs and learn about the school and the rowing programs accomplishments. An athlete can then make contact directly with the recruiting coach via a telephone or email as preferred. The service costs athletes $85 for the first year and $60 for any subsequent year, a price point that "is far less than many recruiting services in hopes that many athletes that would not normally use a service to reach out to college coaches from coast to coast to find the best fit for their athletic and academic needs will use RowCruiting.com to help the sport grow."
"RowCruiting.com puts the information needed by coaches and prospective college athletes in one place and hopes that the rowing community will see the positive features and give feedback to make the service as good as possible," the release states. In the near future RowCruiting.com has plans to offer third party impartial athlete evaluations and mini- clinics to help rowers learn how to better match themselves to the best program for themselves.
Benefits for Athletes
1. Register by creating a complete athletic and academic rower profile, including VIDEO and PHOTO!
2. Search coach profiles by setting criteria and filters to find the best match!
3. Contact and be contacted by those coaches that meet your personal criteria!
Create a Profile, Upload a Video, Be Recruited - $85 for 1 year of access and uploads
Benefits for Coaches
1. Register your Program by creating a free Coach Profile
2. Search Athlete Profiles by setting criteria and filters to find the best match!
3. Contact those athletes that meet your programs criteria!
For more info and to register, visit RowCruiting.com.