A coach tells a parent and athlete to target less-popular Division II schools like Biola and Cal State LA, where expressing genuine top-choice interest makes them stand out. He recommends emailing coaches directly after showcases and naming the school as your primary goal.
Coach, okay, what's his dream school? Um, like Biola or something. Okay, they're here. Yeah, is he— Biola's kind of religious. Are you guys religious-ish? We're Catholic. Perfect. Okay, just because it's part of their, their culture. He's a great coach, I mean, and a great team, so it'd be amazing. Just, it's important to understand if that's what you're looking for, but they're great. It's awesome. Okay, so it's Biola coach because they're D2. Yeah, and he's 27. Um, you could talk to him either way, but regardless, my point is to say that I'll see if I can introduce him to the coach because he wants Biola. Because a lot of kids here don't want Biola. Not that they should, but they just don't know. For you, if you know you want that school, for sure go up to him. That's what this is for. And say to him, and you can tell him, you can whisper to your son, say, of all the schools here, Biola is my top choice. Because the coaches don't like Cal Berkeley or Northwestern. Everybody wants to go to those schools. So it's obvious that they— you don't need to go up to them because everybody wants to go there. But Biola is competing with that. And Caltech, if you're not as good D1 level, everybody wants to go to Caltech because they're the best. But my point is, if you want to go to Biola or Cal State LA, then you become unique and the coach will actually watch you because he actually knows you want to go to their school. So we'll tell him to go tell Biola I want to be there. And is he coming tomorrow? Yeah. So then email the coach tonight and say to the coach tonight, hey coach, I was at the showcase or the camp. I really appreciate your time. I learned XYZ. Just so you know, Biola is why I'm here today, is to get seen by you. And that will make him watch him. And he can text him tonight. That'd be smart. Okay. Yeah, of course. You want to go to a high academic school? I want you to comment the word top academic and I'll send you a list of high academic schools you should be considering.
