2023/24 Edition

Want To Know How Fencing Athlete Recruitment Works?

The Parents’ Guide To Elite University Recruitment For Fencers Has Everything You Need TO GET THE ANSWER.

What’s in the BASIC Guide?

16 Modules | 60+ Videos | 2+ Hours of Guidance | 200+ Questions About Recruitment Answered | Recruitment Resume Templates

The BASIC GUIDE is an essential source of information for fencing families.

You will learn how athlete recruitment works for fencers. And you will have a better idea of your fencer’s chances of recruitment to college. The Guide busts common myths about qualifications for recruitment and clarifies the metrics fencers need to meet to get recruited.

The Basic Guide has you covered on the fundamentals, whether you’re targeting an elite Division 1 college or a less competitive fencing college in Division 1 or Division 3.

Included in the Basic Guide:

  • How Athlete Recruitment Works - including details on the processes used in “hard” and “soft” recruitment.

  • The 45 Fencing Colleges, NCAA Divisions and their recruiting differences

  • How Can I be Recruited to College for Fencing - what you must have to be considered for recruitment at your target colleges.

  • Key Academic Metrics a Recruit Must Meet - what the colleges require of you in terms of test scores, grades and academic rigor.

  • Key Fencing Metrics a Recruit Must Meet - what the colleges require of you in terms of fencing performance.

  • The Role of Junior National Points in Athlete Recruitment for Fencers - important if you are targeting the elite colleges.

  • Recruitment Timelines - when and how you can start contacting the NCAA coaches.

  • How to Get the NCAA Coach’s Attention - effective ways to get on the NCAA coach’s radar once the rules allow contact with the coach.

  • What Happens If You Are Not a Clear Match with the College’s Recruitment Profile - don’t give up, you can still make it if you plan it out well.

  • The Value of Summer Camps Run by NCAA Coaches

  • How Important is the Fencing Club in Athlete Recruitment?

  • Cost of Fencing (If Athlete Recruitment to an Elite College is Your Goal)

  • Scholarships

  • Foreign Fencer Opportunities in Athlete Recruitment

  • The Connection between Athlete Recruitment and College Admissions

  • Fencing Resume Template to Send to NCAA Coaches (Downloadable)

Get Access to the Searchable Database

2023/2024 College Fencing Rosters at the 45 Fencing Colleges

College Profiles Available Only in Premium and Premium Plus

You can utilize this easy-to-use tool to learn more about the fencing colleges and team profiles to help you identify the right choices.

You can search and sort the databases using any one or more of the following 9 criteria:

  • NCAA division

  • college name

  • fencer name

  • weapon

  • eligibility (year in college)

  • gender

  • fencing club

  • high school

  • home state or country

You can utilize the database to research your college options, find your peers and search for clubs and high schools so that you can proceed with your athlete recruitment pursuit with real confidence

45 In-Depth College Profiles and Fencer Statistics

2023/2024 Edition

College Profiles Available Only in Premium and Premium Plus

With college profiles, you get a clear picture of the type of fencer each college wants to recruit.

You get an in-depth look at the type of fencer each of the colleges recruits including their academic profiles and their fencing performance profiles from 2018 to 2023.

You get the 2023/2024 fencing roster that details every fencer’s junior national points ranking in junior year after JOs and at end of senior year plus their ratings classification

You get the list of coaches and their contact information at every college

You get a Chance of Recruitment Estimate based on each college’s recruiting profile

The college profiles help fencers match with their “right fit” college .

SAMPLE COLLEGE PROFILES

Recruitment Hierarchies

The 5 recruitment hierarchies rank colleges in the same academic grouping by difficulty of recruitment.

The recruitment hierarchy provides an important framework for a fencer to understand their opportunities and options amongst colleges of comparable academic quality.

With the recruitment hierarchy, you can start strategizing your fencing recruitment pathway as early as 10th grade.

Recruitment Hierarchies Available Only in Premium and Premium Plus

70 Minutes of Private Consultation

Available to Premium Plus Only starting October 1, 2023

Subscribers to Premium Plus can book up to two 35 minute sessions or a single one hour ten minute session to address specific questions and challenges relating to their fencer’s athlete recruitment journey.

The sessions can be booked at anytime during the one year subscription period.

Regular value of one hour ten minute private consultation = $370

Here’s what fencers and parents are saying about the Guide

“Everything about athlete recruitment was such a black box for us, and we know many parents who feel the same way since the information is so inaccessible. The Guide really gave us important information.”……….Parent

“Very helpful framework to think about college admissions and athlete recruitment. It was very helpful to have Division 1 and Division 3 separated out, they are so different.”……….Parent

“The discussion on when and how to communicate with coaches was so helpful………college admissions are so competitive and complex these days……and I don’t know what I don’t know…..the Guide put perspective on it for me.”………Parent

“I liked everything about it. Donna was very knowledgeable about the process of admissions and recruitment and gave me a very good understanding about admissions, the colleges and what colleges are looking for in a fencer.”………Fencer

“I think this is a great resource for parents.”……….Parent

“Donna really knows her stuff, and as a fencing parent herself, she understands where I am coming from.”………Parent

“This Guide filled in a huge gap in knowledge about athlete recruitment.”………Parent and Coach

“Thank you for doing this. It has helped us so much and it has helped allay a lot of our anxieties.”…….Parents

Meet your Host

Donna Meyer is the founder of the Fencing Parents blog. She created the Vital Statistics of Fencers at Colleges with NCAA Fencing teams, a resource that has brought transparency to and helped hundreds of fencers identify their match at college fencing teams. The Vital Statistics are now incorporated into the Elite University Recruitment for Fencers Guide. She also publishes the annual List of Feeder Clubs to the Highly Selective Colleges in Division 1. She was a fencing parent herself for almost 10 years.

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