by Amy Bryant | Nov 5, 2020 | Advice for Parents, College Athletics Recruiting
Dear Coach Bryant: Last week I saw some college scouts at my child’s game. A coach told my son someone would be visiting, so I was watching for them. Since I wasn’t sure they would seek me out, and I wanted to make sure they saw my child playing, I went up and...
by Amy Bryant | Oct 9, 2020 | Advice for Parents, College Athletics Recruiting
Dear Coach Bryant: I’m a high school counselor trying to provide guidance for our students this fall. One of our tennis players just emailed me, asking how he should begin his college search. He wants to play tennis in college, but he’s not Division I material – he...
by Amy Bryant | Sep 11, 2020 | Advice for Parents, Articles about Coronavirus
Dear Coach Bryant, I never imagined my daughter’s college application season might occur during a pandemic. She is supposed to sign November 11 to play college field hockey, but we have no idea whether to sign – or where she should go to play her beloved sport. It...
by Amy Bryant | Aug 6, 2020 | Advice for Parents, Articles about Coronavirus, Integrity in College Athletics, Uncategorized
Dear Coach Bryant: We’ve always supported our son’s exceptional passion for baseball. But now that he’s starting to think about college, his mother and I are wondering if we should continue to encourage his interest in playing at that level. While he’s likely to do...
by Amy Bryant | Jun 30, 2020 | Advice for Parents, Articles about Coronavirus
Dear Coach Bryant: I keep hearing about universities cutting their sports programs because of Covid-19 financial pressure. I’m nervous that the teams my son is researching now may not exist once he arrives on campus. My son is a high school swimmer and he has had to...
by Amy Bryant | May 5, 2020 | Advice for Parents, Articles about Coronavirus
Dear Coach Bryant: I’m wondering what you would tell young student-athletes who are feeling “robbed” by the pandemic. My two children – a high school sophomore and a 2020 senior (near graduate)– are just some of the thousands who have lost everything this spring...
