April 17, 2025
How do you engage the recruiting process in a way that catches the attention of college coaches? Working closely with coaches throughout their recruiting cycle for the past 25+ years, we’ve had a lot of great conversations about what they’re looking for in the players they recruit. First, it’s important to recognize that as a
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February 4, 2025
Welcome to the Coaches’ Corner! We sat down with Wesleyan Softball Head Coach Jen Lane to discuss the high-academic recruiting process in her program.
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January 22, 2025
Welcome to the Coaches’ Corner! We sat down with Swarthmore Softball Head Coach Melissa Finley to discuss the high-academic recruiting process in her program.
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January 8, 2025
Welcome to the Coaches’ Corner! We sat down with NFCA Hall of Famer Kris Herman (Head Coach, Williams College Softball) to discuss the recruiting process at Williams, building a winning team culture – and much more.
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October 30, 2024
Many parents and players who reach out to us with questions about our showcases also have questions about the recruiting process as a whole. To help as many parents and student-athletes as possible, we decided to address one of our most frequently-asked questions: What should I be doing right now to get recruited to play
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October 29, 2024
The ultimate goal of the college and recruiting process is to find the school that will be the best all-around fit for you. The best path to accomplish this is to put yourself in a position so that the coaches and schools that you are interested in develop their own interest in you. An essential
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August 30, 2022
Each year, we host over 2500 student-athletes and their families and speak with thousands more via email and phone. From September through November, the most frequently asked question we get as we speak with student-athletes and families has to do with the timing of our fall showcases: what are the types of recruiting opportunities available
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There are currently 376 Honor Roll alumni on the rosters of high-academic college softball programs from across the country in 2022. Below is the full list of where these Honor Roll alumni are continuing their careers at the college level. Click on a division below to see where Honor Roll alumni are playing in college:
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Throughout the spring, Headfirst and our partners and friends over at Diamond College Advisory Team (DCAT) are once again hosting a series of webinars on the high-academic recruiting process. As we record and post each part, we’ll update this blog post with the video. Take a look through to watch all three parts below.
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February 1, 2022
With the spring fast approaching, it’s time for student-athletes to put the finishing touches on their hard work this off-season and cross off a few items in their college search process. From visiting campuses and building out targeted school lists to contacting college coaches and preparing for standardized tests, check out a few items that
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