GOAL FULL RIDE · WEEK 3 · AUTHORITY & AWARENESS SERIES The Freshman Year Checklist The choices made in 9th grade quietly determine what scholarship options exist in 12th. This is your complete first-year action plan. Freshman year of high school feels like an arrival — finally in the building where the big things happen. And for student athletes with college ambitions, freshman year is in fact the most structurally important year of the entire recruiting journey. Not beca

GOAL FULL RIDE · WEEK 2 · AUTHORITY & AWARENESS SERIES The Middle School Advantage The families who win scholarships in 12th grade started making the right moves in 6th. Here's exactly what that looks like. Ask any college coach when they first identified their current roster athletes and you will hear the same answer repeated over and over: earlier than you'd expect. The athletic scholarship process is not a sprint that begins junior year of high school. It is a long gam

GOAL FULL RIDE · SCHOLARSHIP TRUTHS Scholarship Myths, Busted Five things almost every recruiting family believes about athletic scholarships — and the truth that quietly separates the families who plan from the ones who get blindsided. By the GFR Editorial Team | 6 min read Every sports parent has pictured it at least once: the phone call, the offer, the full ride that makes all the early mornings and tournament fees worth it. It’s a beautiful goal — and there’s nothing

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