AFC Lightning College Recruiting - Sample College Letter
Summary:
Listed below are some helpful tips and reminders for when writing a letter to college coaches. A sample letter is also below for your use (it needs to be edited).
Email is great way to start the communication process between you and a college. But, this shouldn’t be the only form of communication.
And, don’t forget to ask for help before sending out the email. Let your head coach and DOC (Director of Coaching) read a draft email before you send it out.
Helpful Tips/Reminders:
-First impressions are important — get it right the first time.
- Triple-check everything -- names/emails/spelling/grammar. No text lingo.
- Ask your head coach and DOC for help.
- ALWAYS copy your head coach on the emails -- your coach can't help if they don't know about it.
And, depending on your high school year, coaches can't email youback right now.
- Quadruple check everything.
- Keep a log of who you sent to and when you sent it.
- Make sure you have the right names with the right schools -- don't send an email to the Ohio State coach and let them know you are interested in Michigan (as an example).THIS IS A BIG MISTAKE AND A COMMON ONE BECAUSE PEOPLE COPY AND PASTE!
- Coach email addresses are available on the athletic department website -- either on the coach/ roster page for the team or the staff directory.
- Send your head coach (and DOCs too if you want) a draft letter before you send it out.
- The player should send it, not the parents.
- It should come from the player’s email address, not the parents. Your email address should be appropriate and not crazy.
——————DRAFT EMAIL—————— NEEDS TO BE EDITED——————
Email Subject:Player Name - College Name - Prospective Student Athlete (Graduation Year)
Example: Debbie Kicker - University of Alabama - Prospective Student Athlete (2019)
Dear Coach (Coach's Last Name),
My name is (YOUR NAME), and I am a freshman/sophomore/junior/senior at (YOUR SCHOOLS NAME).My graduation year is (2016/2017/2018/2019/2020). (INSERT LINE HERE ABOUT WHY YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THEIR SCHOOL. DID THEY DO SOMETHING GREAT THIS YEAR? BIG WIN? MAKE THE TOURNAMENT? MENTION IT AND SAY CONGRATS).My GPA is currently (INSERT GPA), and I am looking to major in (INTENDED MAJOR - you can put undecided).
I am a member of AFC (INSERT TEAM NAME HERE),(INSERT Uniform Number #??), (INSERT TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS HERE).This winterwe will be participating in the following events: 1.(LIST EVENT AND CITY LOCATION HERE) 2.(LIST EVENT AND CITY LOCATION HERE)
I currently primarily play as a (Goalkeeper/Defender/Midfielder/Forward), and have a great desire to play at the collegiate level.I feel that I would be a good fit for your program, and hope you are able to make the time to come and see me play.
(If you were selected to ODP National Camp, id2, Region III Team, ODP State Team, National Team Camp, etc please include that here). Also include any major academic accomplishments too.
I have included my schedule for (INSERT EVENT HERE)below:
INSERT TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE HERE (include date, time, opponent, and field #) INSERT FIELD ADDRESS HERE
If you have any questions about me, or my team, I have copied my head coach (INSERT NAME HERE) and club director, (INSERT NAME HERE), on this email.(INSERT COACH’S NAME) email address is(INSERT E_MAIL HERE), and cell phone number is (INSERT CELL PHONE HERE)
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read my email, as well as tocome and see me play.
Sincerely,
YOUR NAME AFC (TEAM NAME)
HIGH SCHOOL NAMEand GRADUATION YEAR
YOUR EMAIL
YOUR HOME MAILING ADDRESS
YOUR CELL #