The practical side of recruiting, step by step. This is our advice from what works for wrestling families, not a rule. The rules, with their sources, are in the rest of Learn.
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Be honest about the level
Ask your high school and club coaches, especially ones who have sent wrestlers to college, which levels they see you at.
Compare your results with the NC wrestlers who went to each level. Your comparison does this with real data.
Watch college matches at different levels, in person or online. Most wrestlers who compete in college do it outside Division I.
Say who you are, your school and club, your weight, your best results, what you are working toward, and why that college.
Copy every coach on the staff. You often won't know who runs recruiting, and they will tell you.
Ask for one thing: a call, or what the coach would want to see from you this season.
Follow up once, after a new result. If there is still no reply, that is usually the answer. Coaches also go quiet in the middle of a conversation; it is rarely personal.
