How To Create An Effective Recruiting Profile
(that coaches will actually look at)
College coaches receives dozens of recruiting emails weekly and often don’t have the time to read each one completely. The following tips are critical to getting your email read and more importantly getting a response:
Keep the text of the email short and to the point. Coaches don’t want to read paragraph after paragraph telling them all about your tennis, school, community service, awards, etc. in text. They simply don’t have time for this. A few key sentences in the content of the email is all that is needed, as long as you have also done #2.
Create a concise and comprehensive one-page player profile. This profile should include all the important information about you that a coach is going to want and need early on in the process. This includes your academic and tennis information as well as all of the contact details for you, your parents and your coach. You will want to reference the profile in your email and attach it.
An example of an introductory email could look like this:
Hi Coach “Last Name”,
My name is Danielle McNamara and I’m a recruit in the Class of 2024 from Hamden, CT. I’m very interested in being considered as a prospect at <School Name>.
I’ve attached a player profile that includes all of my tennis, academic and contact information, as well as my high school transcript and upcoming tournament schedule.
I would really appreciate it if you could reply and let me know that you received this email and what the next step in the process is if you feel that is appropriate.
Sincerely,
Danielle
Below you will see a sample player profile and a more detailed description of how to complete each of the sections: