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University of Rhode Island Head Women’s Basketball Coach Passes Advice to Athletes

Tammi Reiss, a fifth overall WNBA draft pick is now the University of Rhode Island Head Women’s Basketball Coach. Before spending two seasons with Utah, Reiss played collegiate basketball at Virginia, where she was an All-American and won three ACC regular-season titles, two league tournament championships and made three appearances to the NCAA final four.

April 2, 2020 Hazel Brown

Jaguars Linebackers and Defensive backs Coach, Mike Rutenberg, Gives Advice to Athletes

Mike Rutenberg, a football coach in the National Football League (NFL), has been an assistant linebackers coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars since 2018. Before diving headfirst into a coaching career, Rutenberg left Chevy Chase, Maryland, for Cornell University. There he played linebacker and offensive tackle on the Sprint Football team for four years. Out of

March 26, 2020

Michigan State University Baseball Head Coach, Jake Boss Jr., Pitches on what he Expects

Jake Boss Jr., the 16th head coach at Michigan State has become one of the most successful coaches in the school’s 131 year history. Boss has racked up a 333-269 (.553) record in 11 seasons. His teams have had five winning seasons. In seven of the last 11 years, he led the Spartans to 30-win

March 23, 2020

Top 5 Best NCAA College Football Players that Never Won the Heisman Trophy

Named after football pioneer John W. Heisman, the Heisman Trophy has been awarded annually to the most outstanding college football player since 1935 (Tracy, New York Times). The award has had plenty of prestige and reputation behind it, but in the modern era, it’s become the Holy Grail of individual college football accolades. The winner

March 9, 2020

The Evolution of College Tennis Recruiting

While Tennis Recruiting Network – an NCAA college tennis coach’s premier venue to scout prospective high-school athletes – only launched in 2005, numerous significant changes to the recruiting process have already been implemented (Lecessi, USA Today). These changes reshaped both the traditional logic NCAA coaches from noteworthy schools were using, as well as the strategy student-athletes

March 5, 2020

Should Baseball Players go Pro out of High School? Baltimore Orioles, Brenan Hanifee’s Advice

Every year in June, there are thousands of players full of passion and love for the game of baseball who want to play Major League Baseball. The big question for elite high school baseball players is should I stay or should I go? Should players try to play pro ball right out of high school

February 27, 2020

Recruiting Horror Stories by LRT Sports™| A Full Scholarship Ripped From Her Hands in a Blink of an Eye

A full-ride scholarship offer is supposed to be an exciting part of the stressful recruiting process. However, not when your recruiting coach offers your scholarship to another student because “you’re taking too long to decide.” This happened to a young high school basketball player. When this athlete was looking for a Division I basketball scholarship,

February 6, 2020

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Matt Crosson

Parent

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Maria Zachary

Parent

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Gus Kalikas

Athletic Director at Arthur L. Johnson High School

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Richard Andrzejewski

Parent

I think hearing from other athletes is very beneficial. To be able to learn from people’s mistakes, and to be able to have access to those voices is really helpful; especially voices that have been there and done that. It’s very important for people to have access to information that could benefit them, and in this case there are many voices that can help the next wave of athletes.

Troy Polamalu

University of Southern California | Pittsburgh Steelers

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Brooke Cabrera

University of Maryland

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University of Rhode Island Head Women’s Basketball Coach Passes Advice to Athletes

Jaguars Linebackers and Defensive backs Coach, Mike Rutenberg, Gives Advice to Athletes

Michigan State University Baseball Head Coach, Jake Boss Jr., Pitches on what he Expects

Top 5 Best NCAA College Football Players that Never Won the Heisman Trophy

The Evolution of College Tennis Recruiting

Should Baseball Players go Pro out of High School? Baltimore Orioles, Brenan Hanifee’s Advice

Recruiting Horror Stories by LRT Sports™| A Full Scholarship Ripped From Her Hands in a Blink of an Eye

Matt Crosson

Parent

Maria Zachary

Parent

Gus Kalikas

Athletic Director at Arthur L. Johnson High School

Richard Andrzejewski

Parent

Troy Polamalu

University of Southern California | Pittsburgh Steelers

Brooke Cabrera

University of Maryland

Will Yeatman

University of Maryland | Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans

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