beRecruited.com Sees 77% Increase In Female Student-Athlete Users
Desire for athletic scholarships follows trend of greater opportunities for inter-collegiate women sports
ATLANTA, Ga. (PRWEB) October 13, 2009 - beRecruited.com - the largest online recruiting network in the U.S. - today announced that in the recently completed third quarter, more than 42 percent of the 82,026 new registered student-athletes with beRecruited were females. That figure represents a 77 percent increase from third quarter 2008.
The trend follows an increasing number of collegiate opportunities for women as a result of the 1979 interpretation of legislation now known as Title IX, which launched dramatic growth in athletic opportunities for women over the past 30 years.
Additionally, beRecruited's registered female student-athletes logged in to update their profiles and respond to inquiries from college coaches more than 300,000 times for the quarter, three times as many as in the same period in 2008.
"With increased opportunities, the need to find the right fit between the student-athlete and college programs is critically important," said Jeff Cravens, president of beRecruited. "The online aspect of recruiting creates efficiency in the process, and both the high school female student-athletes and women's programs across the country are benefitting."
beRecruited now has more than 600,000 registered users, including more than 550,000 high school student-athletes and 18,000 college coaches across 18 sports. To date, the service has generated more than 8 million connections, including more than 4 million in 2009. Female student-athletes were involved in more than 47 percent of the 1.86 million connections in Q3 2009.
Continued Cravens: "We've gone from females representing 23 percent of our registered student-athletes two years ago to nearly 45 percent of a much larger group today. That speaks to both the need of the marketplace as well as beRecruited's ability to connect aspiring high school student-athletes with college coaches across all sports."
beRecruited Enhances Toolset, Features for Athletes, Parents as Fall Sports Season Starts
Online athletic recruiting leader has facilitated more than 8 million connections between high school athletes, college coaches
Atlanta, Ga. (PRWEB) August 19, 2009 - In conjunction with the start of the fall sports season, beRecruited.com, the largest online recruiting network connecting high school athletes with college coaches, today unveiled enhanced tools and new features designed to facilitate greater collegiate opportunities for aspiring high school athletes.
beRecruited's new athlete profile home page, which is the starting point for aspiring high school athletes, features a comprehensive suite of tools designed to assist high school athletes create their digital athletic resume, connect with college coaches, and research athletic and academic information on thousands of colleges and universities. All fundamental beRecruited features are now available on an eye-catching home page allowing athletes to get connected more efficiently.
Coach Tracker: Provides a clear synopsis of the activity from beRecruited's 18,000 registered college coaches with an athlete profile. This allows athletes to see the coaches who might be interested in their academic and athletic ability.
My Progress: Shows athletes their progress on building a comprehensive profile, while providing suggestions on the next steps to increase the value and visibility of their profile to college coaches.
College Tracker: Utilizes an algorithm combining athlete and coach preferences and activity to provide suggestions of college programs to review based upon the user's athletic and academic profile.
beRecruited Top 50 Recognizes Nation's Most Athletic High Schools
Samuel W. Wolfson High in Jacksonville, Fla., tops beRecruited list
Atlanta, Ga. (PRWEB) March 30, 2009 - beRecruited.com, the largest online recruiting network connecting high school athletes with college coaches, today announced the first-ever beRecruited Top 50, ranking the most athletic high schools in America in terms of beRecruited athletic profiles. Samuel W. Wolfson High in Jacksonville, Florida, currently sits at No. 1 with 83 active athlete profiles looking for college opportunities.
beRecruited now features top high school athlete profiles from more than 100,000 different high school teams from 18,500 U.S. high schools. The beRecruited High Schools section, which allows users to easily view schools and sports under a variety of criteria, can be found at www.berecruited.com/high-schools.
By creating a profile with beRecruited.com, high school athletes can instantly connect with registered college coaches across America. Athletes update their profiles with recent statistics, videos and photos, and college coaches can view the profiles that fit their programs and connect with the athletes. Coaches are alerted via email when an athlete fits their parameters.
beRecruited Launches High Schools Section, Provides Greater Exposure for Athletes Seeking College Opportunities
Web’s largest portal features athletes from 18,500 U.S. high schools, 100,000 teams, allowing users to sort by sport, state, city and school
Atlanta, Ga. (PRWEB) March 26, 2009 – beRecruited.com, the largest online recruiting network connecting high school athletes with college coaches, today unveiled a new section on its site featuring athletes organized by their schools. The section can be found at www.berecruited.com/high-schools. The section is another way that the service is creating exposure for its registered athletes.
The section, which features profiles from more than 18,500 different U.S. high schools, allows users to see the schools that generate the most profile views by college coaches, the most connected, and the most active schools. Users can also drill down by state, city and high school, offering a unique way to track the growing popularity of high school sports.
beRecruited's Newly Launced "Resource Center" Provides Comprehensive Information to Guide Parents, Athletes Through Recruiting Process
Atlanta, Ga. (PRWEB) February 9, 2009 – beRecruited.com, the largest online recruiting network connecting high school athletes with college coaches, today unveiled the beRecruited Resource Center to provide high school athletes, their parents, and other interested parties a comprehensive online resource for information on the recruiting process, financial aid, eligibility, selecting the right school, training information and much more.
Recruiting Trail Moves Online For College Coaches Atlanta, Ga. (PRWEB) February 3, 2009 – beRecruited.com, the largest online recruiting network connecting high school athletes with college coaches, announced record registrations for college coaches during the month of January, attracting 1,178 new college coaches across 18 sports. In the past four months, beRecruited has had nearly 3,000 new college coaches register with the service, the largest increase since the service started in 2003. The service now has more than 14,000 registered college coaches representing more than 20,000 college teams.
Nation’s Elite Prepare for National Signing Day; Other Prep Athletes follow New Trend in Search for Athletic Scholarships
January 27, 2009 (Atlanta) – As the nation’s elite high school football players prepare for next week’s National Signing Day, thousands of other prep athletes have turned to a social-networking service in hopes of connecting with college coaches to play their chosen sport and earn a scholarship. beRecruited.com, a free service, has helped to facilitate thousands of collegiate athletic scholarships for student-athletes across the nation by providing an online networking platform to connect coaches with student-athletes. The service, which experienced record growth in 2008, has more than 400,000 registered users, including more than 365,000 student-athletes, 14,000 college coaches, 12,500 high school coaches and 9,500 parents.
January 14, 2009 (Atlanta) – beRecruited.com, the largest online recruiting network connecting high school athletes with college coaches, today released a list of registered beRecruited athletes who reported that they have selected their college destination during the month of December. beRecruited.com, a free service, has helped to facilitate thousands of collegiate athletic scholarships for student-athletes across the nation by providing an online networking platform to connect college coaches with student-athletes.
January 7, 2009 (Atlanta) – What started as an idea on the Duke University campus in 2000 has become a reality as beRecruited.com firmly established itself as the primary recruiting service for high school athletes looking to play college sports. beRecruited.com, a free service, has helped to facilitate thousands of collegiate athletic scholarships for student-athletes across the nation by providing an online networking platform to connect college coaches with student-athletes.
