Recruited for Crew /Rowing

[Anonymous]

Can you give an outline (+timeline if possible) of what you experienced when your child was recruited for a college crew team?

[Anonymous]

Step One- Take a photo of your kid on an erg

[Anonymous]

It’s a serious question. Recruiting is still happening for this year.

[Anonymous]

Ask at Reddit rowing

[Anonymous]

I went to a patriot league school 20 years ago. The grabbed any freshman with the right body type when we were at the swim test during orientation and begged them to join. I guess times have changed

[Anonymous]

It’s a scam.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Step One- Take a photo of your kid on an erg

This is the answer!!! I recommend talking to the USC rowing coaches. If you can’t take a photo right now photoshop is great.

[Anonymous]

D1, D2 or D3? College Confidential has an athletic recruit forum that might be helpful or what about your coach?

[Anonymous]

Go look at articles written by experts.

Contact Rowing Coaches at target schools to learn how to communicate. with them

https://usrowing.org/sports/2016/6/1/2146_132107063174190997.aspx

https://www.rowingnews.com/2020/03/29/want-row-college/

[Anonymous]

If DC is on their HS/club crew team, their coach is the one to ask.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Make sure your kid does club crew too. H.S. Alone is not enough. Mine was recruited to every Ivy. We bought a book on Amazon that was great. Google college rowing recruitment. Make sure your child (not you) starts emailing coaches at the beginning of junior year. Google NCAA official and unofficial visits. Good luck. Ask more of you want. Most earlier answers here were snarky or terrible

[Anonymous]

Girl or boy? There is a huge difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Make sure your kid does club crew too. H.S. Alone is not enough. Mine was recruited to every Ivy. We bought a book on Amazon that was great. Google college rowing recruitment. Make sure your child (not you) starts emailing coaches at the beginning of junior year. Google NCAA official and unofficial visits. Good luck. Ask more of you want. Most earlier answers here were snarky or terrible

We’re you full pay? Cuz cynics say this is just a back doorstep for those who can pay.

[Anonymous]

My niece is a rising senior and is being recruited by Division 1 rowing programs. She only rows for her high school team and only rows in the spring (she plays a different sport in the fall). She did one summer rowing camp after her freshman year but didn’t love it so didn’t do any summer rowing the past 2 summers.

She has a recruiting page on the NCSA website (I think her coach encourages all rowers to make one). She has been contacted by the coaches of many top (and not top) programs based on that. She has excellent grades and SATs so that helps. Her top choice now is a DI school with a strong but not tip top rowing program that wants her as one of their designated walk ons (there is some term for this but can’t remember what it is).

My nephew also rowed, but was not recruited. He now goes to a patriot league-comparable college and rows on their club team, which takes rowers with full to no experience. PP is right that recruiting for men’s rowing is very different and much more competitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Make sure your kid does club crew too. H.S. Alone is not enough. Mine was recruited to every Ivy. We bought a book on Amazon that was great. Google college rowing recruitment. Make sure your child (not you) starts emailing coaches at the beginning of junior year. Google NCAA official and unofficial visits. Good luck. Ask more of you want. Most earlier answers here were snarky or terrible

We’re you full pay? Cuz cynics say this is just a back doorstep for those who can pay.

Not everyone is a cheat. Your question is nuts.