11th Grade
ACADEMICS
- Get moving!
- Study -- Study -- Study -- Your GPA is VERY important!
- Read the NCAA publication -- Guide for the College-Bound Student Athlete.
- Read the NCAA publication -- NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse.
- Meet with your guidance counselor to discuss your academic curriculum.
- Concentrate on the core courses -- GPA based on these classes.
- Take “academic” electives -- languages / mathematics / sciences.
- Get Learning-Disabilities documented.
- Take the SAT and ACT -- again and again -- scores will improve.
- Become familiar with the Financial Aid and Scholarship process.
- Start choosing schools -- finalize your “wish-list”.
- Know your abilities and choose schools that “fit” your needs.
SOCCER
- Make “unofficial” visits.
- BE SEEN -- WITH YOUR PEERS -- this is the year to travel – tournaments.
- Participate in US Training Centers/ODP
- BE SEEN -- Consider attending a school’s summer camp.
- BE SEEN -- Videos.
- SEE -- watch college soccer games -- see what it’s like at the next level.
- Compete - PRACTICE and PLAY with teams at the next level.
- Practice on your own -- fundamentals and ball skills.
- Know the consequences if you don’t take action.
