So you want to play in collegeâ¦
Guest College Coaches Bryant University (Division 1) Coach Seamus Purcell finished his 21st season at Bryant, the men's soccer team qualified for the Northeast-‐10 Conference tournament seven of the last eight seasons including an appearance in the NE-‐10 semifinals and a regional ranking of No. 4. Purcell was named the NE-‐10 Conference Coach of the Year and the NaAonal Soccer Coaches AssociaAon of America New England Region Coach of the Year in 2002 and was a finalist for naAonal Coach of the Year honors. Purcell was a member of Irish naAonal team for three years. Purcell was twice named an All-‐American and was a four-‐Ame All-‐New England selecAon at Providence College and Hall of Fame inductee at PC and the New England Soccer. Endico( College (Division III) Coach Jodi Kenyon leads one of the most successful teams in school history. The Endico8’s women’s soccer program has made 17 straight appearances in the Commonwealth Coast Conference Tournament including nine championships. Kenyon has led the Gulls to five conference Atles and six NCAA tournament appearances, where they have collected six victories, and has compiled a record of 174-‐64-‐23 (.711). She is a three-‐ Ame CCC Coach of the Year (2009, 2013, 2016). Prior to Endico8 she was the Head Coach at University of Vermont (DI), Assistant Coach at Harvard (DI) from 1994-‐96 and Assistant Coach at Adelphi (DII, 1990-‐94). Kenyon was a four year starter at Adelphi University and earning All-‐Conference player and Academic All-‐American honors.
Benfica Coach (GU16) Jennifer Hagopian serves as Guidance Counselor at Reading Memorial High School. She will share here experAse with parents and players. She has many years of experience coaching at the high school level at Andover HS (5 years) and currently as the Head Coach at Reading High School. Her experience in athleAcs is vast including coaching high school lacrosse and running mulAple soccer camps and clinics as a staff member with Andover RecreaAon Department. She is a graduate of Union College and earned her Master’s Degree from Salem State University. One-‐on-‐One College ConsulIng Kim Penney, principal consultant and founder of One-‐on-‐One College ConsulAng, is an associate member of the Independent EducaAonal Consultants AssociaAon and a cerAfied MBTI® PracAAoner. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Tucs University and a M.Ed. in Guidance Counseling from Salem State University. As a former high school guidance counselor with a caseload of 300+ students, Kim established One-‐on-‐One College ConsulAng to offer a more personalized approach. Kim also coached the girls’ varsity basketball team at Reading Memorial High School for 15 years, capturing the Massachuse8s’ Division II State Championship in 2012. She was named Coach of the Year by the Boston Globe, the Massachuse8s Basketball Coaches AssociaAon, as well as the Massachuse8s InterscholasAc AthleAc AssociaAon and was inducted into the Reading Memorial High School AthleAc Hall of Fame in the fall of 2015. Many of Kim’s students are athletes who desire to conAnue playing their sport at the collegiate level.
Financial Aid www.fafsa.ed.gov To be eligible to receive federal student aid, you must: •Be a ciAzen or eligible nonciAzen of the United States. •Have a valid Social Security Number. (Students from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau are exempt from this requirement.) •Have a high school diploma or a General EducaAon Development (GED) cerAficate, or have completed homeschooling. If you don’t, you may sAll be eligible for federal student aid if you were enrolled in college or career school prior to July 1, 2012. Go to h8p://studentaid.ed.gov/eligibility/basic-‐criteria for addiAonal informaAon. •Be enrolled in an eligible program as a regular student seeking a degree or cerAficate. •Maintain saAsfactory academic progress. •Not owe a refund on a federal student grant or be in default on a federal student loan. •Register (or already be registered) with the SelecAve Service System, if you are a male and not currently on acAve duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. (Students from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau are exempt from registering; see www.sss.gov for more informaAon.) •Not have a convicAon for the possession or sale of illegal drugs for an offense that occurred while you were receiving federal student aid (such as grants, work-‐study, or loans). If you have such a convicAon, you must complete the Student Aid Eligibility Worksheet to determine if you are eligible for aid or parAally eligible for aid. Many types of federal student aid, such as the Federal Pell Grant or subsidized loans where the government pays the interest while you are in college, also require you to have financial need. AddiAonally, once you have a bachelor’s degree or a first professional degree, you are generally not eligible for Pell or Federal Supplemental EducaAonal Opportunity Grants (FSEOG).
So you want to play in college… GeLng Started
The College Landscape
• Be proacAve
• Division I – AthleAc (9.9) and Academic Scholarships
• Do your research • Find the best fit – Academics and AthleAcs • Be informed and avoid the myths – D1, “Full Ride”
• Division II – AthleAc (9) and Academic Scholarships • Division III – Academic/Merit Scholarships • NAIA – AthleAc (# varies) and Academic Scholarships
Suggested Timeline Freshman Year • Never too early to start researching colleges •
Get off to a strong academic start
•
A8end all training sessions and games
Sophomore Year • Compile your target list of schools and schedule visits •
Maintain good grades, consider taking PSAT/ACT test
•
Send soccer resume and highlight clips to coaches
•
A8end College IdenAficaAon Camps
•
Register with NCAA Clearinghouse summer before Junior year
Junior Year • Keep your grades up! Take ACT/SAT •
Be visible
•
Unofficial visits
•
Narrow down target list
Senior Year • Finish strong academically! •
Schedule and complete official visits
•
Narrow down target list and complete applicaAons early
•
Stay connected with college coaches
•
Make informed decision
Benfica Coach (GU16) Jennifer Hagopian serves as Guidance Counselor at Reading Memorial High School. She will share here experAse with parents and players. She has many years of experience coaching at the high school level at Andover HS (5 years) and currently as the Head Coach at Reading High School. Her experience in athleAcs is vast including coaching high school lacrosse and running mulAple soccer camps and clinics as a staff member with Andover RecreaAon Department. She is a graduate of Union College and earned her Master’s Degree from Salem State University. One-‐on-‐One College ConsulIng Kim Penney, principal consultant and founder of One-‐on-‐One College ConsulAng, is an associate member of the Independent EducaAonal Consultants AssociaAon and a cerAfied MBTI® PracAAoner. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Tucs University and a M.Ed. in Guidance Counseling from Salem State University. As a former high school guidance counselor with a caseload of 300+ students, Kim established One-‐on-‐One College ConsulAng to offer a more personalized approach. Kim also coached the girls’ varsity basketball team at Reading Memorial High School for 15 years, capturing the Massachuse8s’ Division II State Championship in 2012. She was named Coach of the Year by the Boston Globe, the Massachuse8s Basketball Coaches AssociaAon, as well as the Massachuse8s InterscholasAc AthleAc AssociaAon and was inducted into the Reading Memorial High School AthleAc Hall of Fame in the fall of 2015. Many of Kim’s students are athletes who desire to conAnue playing their sport at the collegiate level.
Financial Aid www.fafsa.ed.gov To be eligible to receive federal student aid, you must: •Be a ciAzen or eligible nonciAzen of the United States. •Have a valid Social Security Number. (Students from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau are exempt from this requirement.) •Have a high school diploma or a General EducaAon Development (GED) cerAficate, or have completed homeschooling. If you don’t, you may sAll be eligible for federal student aid if you were enrolled in college or career school prior to July 1, 2012. Go to h8p://studentaid.ed.gov/eligibility/basic-‐criteria for addiAonal informaAon. •Be enrolled in an eligible program as a regular student seeking a degree or cerAficate. •Maintain saAsfactory academic progress. •Not owe a refund on a federal student grant or be in default on a federal student loan. •Register (or already be registered) with the SelecAve Service System, if you are a male and not currently on acAve duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. (Students from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau are exempt from registering; see www.sss.gov for more informaAon.) •Not have a convicAon for the possession or sale of illegal drugs for an offense that occurred while you were receiving federal student aid (such as grants, work-‐study, or loans). If you have such a convicAon, you must complete the Student Aid Eligibility Worksheet to determine if you are eligible for aid or parAally eligible for aid. Many types of federal student aid, such as the Federal Pell Grant or subsidized loans where the government pays the interest while you are in college, also require you to have financial need. AddiAonally, once you have a bachelor’s degree or a first professional degree, you are generally not eligible for Pell or Federal Supplemental EducaAonal Opportunity Grants (FSEOG).
So you want to play in college… GeLng Started
The College Landscape
• Be proacAve
• Division I – AthleAc (9.9) and Academic Scholarships
• Do your research • Find the best fit – Academics and AthleAcs • Be informed and avoid the myths – D1, “Full Ride”
• Division II – AthleAc (9) and Academic Scholarships • Division III – Academic/Merit Scholarships • NAIA – AthleAc (# varies) and Academic Scholarships
Suggested Timeline Freshman Year • Never too early to start researching colleges •
Get off to a strong academic start
•
A8end all training sessions and games
Sophomore Year • Compile your target list of schools and schedule visits •
Maintain good grades, consider taking PSAT/ACT test
•
Send soccer resume and highlight clips to coaches
•
A8end College IdenAficaAon Camps
•
Register with NCAA Clearinghouse summer before Junior year
Junior Year • Keep your grades up! Take ACT/SAT •
Be visible
•
Unofficial visits
•
Narrow down target list
Senior Year • Finish strong academically! •
Schedule and complete official visits
•
Narrow down target list and complete applicaAons early
•
Stay connected with college coaches
•
Make informed decision
