NCSA College Recruiting

You said you had a recruiting service.

Do you guys use like an NCSA or anything like that? I'm always intrigued by those.

No,

we kind of use our own databases.

It was an unbelievable experience, and a friend of mine was putting together a leadership, a new way of looking at leadership.

He's an athlete and played football, and then went off and started this company called NCSA that gets everybody scholarships, so everybody that plays sports knows NCSA.

And he sold it a couple times.

He kept half each time, so he keeps selling it and selling it.

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Centarpia will lead the organization's digital businesses, including IMG Academy Plus, NCSA, and sports recruits.

Big news out of the Blue Chip Academy brand there.

Kyle, you had a take on this, so I'll let you start on it.

I've seen too many kids who they couldn't get anywhere because they didn't do half the battle, which is just showing up in class, doing the thing, getting the grades right.

But also a lot of these parents, they fall into the trap of like recruiting services like NCSA.

Yeah, there's a lot of

scam stuff out there that you got to be careful from.

Today, I'd like to offer some advice to any aspiring college athletes out there, whether or not you're considering playing your sport at a service academy or at a traditional college.

And that advice has to do with whether or not to engage with a company called NCSA.

That's November Charlie Sierra Alpha.

NCSA is an acronym that stands for Next College Student Athlete.

And it's a company that helps high school students connect with college coaches in the hopes of securing an athletic scholarship of some kind.

And about a week or two ago, one of my current PrepWellers, who was an athlete, asked me about this company.

So I figured there may be others out there with similar questions.

If your son or daughter plays a sport, high school, club sport, no matter how good they are, chances are you have been contacted or will be contacted by someone from NCSA.

Hello, friends, and welcome back to the PrepWell Academy podcast.

Today, I'd like to offer some advice to any aspiring college athletes out there, and in particular, those who may be considering enrolling in NCSA.

NCSA is an acronym, stands for Next College Student Athlete, and it's a company that helps high school students connect with college coaches in the hopes of securing some type of athletic scholarship.

One of my current PrepWellers who is in the athlete path asked me about this company, so I figured there may be others out there with similar questions.

If your son or daughter plays a sport, high school or club or otherwise, no matter how good they are, chances are you have been contacted or you will be contacted by someone from NCSA, either through phone or through email.

They are going to try to set up a phone consultation with you.

They purchase email and phone lists from leagues and camps all across the country, and they put their marketing and outreach teams to work.

And if you haven't found out already, they can be quite persistent.

He was elevated to an on-court assistant position in 2023.

Before his time at Richmond, McGonigle coached for the National Collegiate Scouting Association from 2012 to 2016.

While there, he worked with student athletes to evaluate their skill level on the court and their academic profile to guide them to college opportunities that would be the right fit.

He began his career as an assistant coach at Holy Spirit High School in New Jersey in 2011.

Like, I always loved sports, grew up, like, playing football, baseball, basketball.

But the number one passion was basketball.

So, uh, made a connection with a company out in Chicago called National Collegiate Scouting Association.

Um, was-- had an opportunity to go to live in Chicago, which is an awesome city.