Questionnaire

Planning for College Sports

Playing college sports is one of the most rewarding experiences an athlete player can have. The fun and camaraderie, the skills and lessons learned from coaches and teammates, and the pride in representing the school in competition are some of the exciting rewards of college athletics. Yet finding a college that suits the student athlete's academic and athletic goals can be incredibly time consuming and frustrating.  An uninformed decision can lead to four long, dissatisfying years.

If you want to find the right college program and avoid the aggravation and uncertainty typically involved in the process, we can help. Donovan Sports Strategies provides the personal assistance that allows you to find the institution that best fits your unique goals and preferences.  Our objective is to provide you with the knowledge and resources necessary to assume control of your search in a distinctive and responsible way--allowing you to make the best and most informed decision possible.

Some of the schools our clients attend or have attended are:

American University, Amherst, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin, Brandeis, Brown, Bucknell, Carnegie Mellon, Colgate, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Davidson, Delaware, DePaul, Drew, Duke, Emory, Fairfield, Fordham, George Washington, Georgetown, Harvard, Haverford, Indiana, Maryland, Miami (OH), Michigan, Middlebury, New York University, Pennsylvania, Penn State, Rhode Island, Rhodes, Richmond, Rutgers, St. Lawrence, Skidmore, Stetson, Swarthmore, Tennessee, Trinity, Tufts, University of California/Santa Cruz, University of California/San Diego, University of Massachusetts, Vassar, Villanova, Washington College (MD), Washington University (MO), William & Mary, Williams, and Yale.

What We Offer

• In-depth interview with student athlete and parent: We obtain all the necessary athletic information, along with academic data and goals. We explain the process, the timeline, and provide suggestions to facilitate the search.
• Player Profile: We help you create a well organized player profile and cover letter that contains all of the items that coaches need.
• Video:  We supply guidance to help you make the type of video that coaches find most useful.
• Interview with player's coach: We talk to your private coach to get a thorough understanding of your skills, practice habits, and work ethic.
• Generate a target list of schools: We save you a great deal of time by focusing your search on the schools that match your goals, level of play, and academic level. We provide the name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address of each coach to ensure that your materials get into the right hands at the right time.
• Scholarship Assistance: We help you identify schools that provide scholarship assistance and evaluate your options.
• Interaction with college coaches: We prepare you to make the best possible impression on college coaches by providing you with insights and suggesting relevant and thoughtful questions that will give you the information necessary to assess schools and athletics programs.  In addition, we interact on your behalf with the coaches of your targeted schools.
• Monitor the process: We monitor your search to ensure that you have sufficient knowledge to make an educated decision on a college.

Cost

Our standard engagement with players and families beginning during the players junior year in high school is $1,900.  A package is also available for those wishing to start during their sophomore year.

If you are interested in starting the process, please fill out and submit the college selection assistance questionnaire.  Thank you.