“I am amazed at the response we had to your college contacts.  We had over 300 inquiries from all over the country, different NCAA and NAIA schools.  His choice of Cleveland State came after much deliberation on how and where he wanted to spend the next four years.  Once he determined he did not want to go out of state, the decision was based on which college had the best degree program to suit his interests.  We recommend your recruitment program to any family with a child interested in playing collegiate sports. A ‘top’ athlete may be easier to place, but the process can be more daunting.  We would not have known how to handle the recruitment pressure without the guidelines provided by College Prospects. Plus, your financial aid department was outstanding in explaining the FAFSA paperwork!

 

 

“I am a business man. It makes good business sense to do what I do well and let the marketing of Drew’s success on the golf course to an established and successful company. I can concentrate on my business and Drew can concentrate on his grades and performing on the course. We have only been with College Prospects a couple of months and have heard from a ton of schools including USC. It has been a great confidence builder for Drew. Why wouldn’t I want to use this service? It makes good business sense.”

 

 

“We would like to take a moment to relay our experience with CPOA and Josh Jackson…The entire experience was positive from the first meeting with Josh at our home, to the making of the DVD of our son’s football skills. Everything was done with professionalism and a genuine concern for our son and his football career. Each contact we had with your organization was truly a great experience…If you are contemplating signing your athlete to the CPOA program and have any questions, please feel free to contact me or my wife, Ginny. We would be happy to talk to you about the program.”

 

 

“On behalf of my daughter, Alicia Kees, and my family, I want to express my sincere gratitude to your company…Alicia would have never had the wonderful experience she did without your help and advice. Not only did she find the perfect school and team for her, she received $134,000 to go there. Had it not been for College Prospects, Alicia would be attending a local university and paying full tuition. College Prospects opened so many doors for Alicia…We signed up late (Fall of her senior year) but Alicia still managed to get nearly $400,000 in offers.”

 

 

I just wanted to let you know how happy we are with CPOA…Jim was recruited by over 60 colleges across the country. Of those 60, 49 actively recruited him with multiple phone calls and letters. Of the 60 colleges, 25 of them were Division I colleges. Of those 25 Division I colleges, 8 colleges offered Jim scholarships to wrestle for them…And of course we contracted you to represent Mark at the same time we signed Jim up and he is already being recruited and he is only a junior. So in closing we just wanted to say thanks for all your help in the college recruiting process and the money we paid for your service was well worth it.”

 

 

“Jennifer signed a national letter of intent to play softball at the University of Missouri–Rolla. The school met all her criteria. They have offered her full tuition, and she is also getting money academically which covers most of the cost, if not all room and board!! Many people, especially coaches, told us that utilizing your service would be a waste of time. I can now refute that!. Jenny has been inundated with letters from softball coaches from across the country, and some nights, three or four coaches would call. She never would have had this much exposure if not for your help in getting her name out there.”

 

 

"Thank you for the diligent and persistent effort you provided Bo during the recruiting season. As a father, it is reassuring to know you had his best interest in mind throughout the process. Candidly, I can only imagine what the results might have been had we not made the commitment to College Prospects of America."

 

"We just had to thank everyone at College Prospects of America for all the help you gave us and our son, Joseph, throughout the recruiting process. As you know, Joe has committed to play football at Harvard University this fall."

 

 

“As we met many months ago, at our home, I recall wondering whether College Prospects would be worth the investment, and what tangible results and benefits we would see from your program. I am pleased to share that the results have been stellar, and if I knew then what I know now, I would not have hesitated for a moment to get started with you and your company. It was our goal for our daughter to play soccer and to go to school in a nurturing and challenging academic environment. With your help we have achieved and surpassed this goal…The modest investment in your program, compared with the huge influx of scholarship and grant offers, made your program a ‘no brainer.’ We couldn’t be happier!”

 

 

“We do not believe that if it hadn’t been for CPOA working so hard for Ashley, she wouldn’t be receiving such a nice package of financial aid to attend college and continuing her goal of playing softball in the collegiate level…We are truly happy with CPOA and how they represented Ashley with her life-long dream of playing softball in college. At first we weren’t sure about doing this type of recruiting service because we heard so many different stories about them. But there is no doubt in our mind that CPOA is a great service for the athlete and their parents.”

 

 

“Signing up with CPOA was one of the best things we have ever done. Ashley would never have received the amount of attention she did if not for our signing up with CPOA. Elliot helped us at each step along the way and provided us with a lot of insight into the college recruiting process. The responses Ashley received through the mail, emails and the multitude of phone calls were overwhelming at times. We had never heard of the majority of the schools and Ashley would have never received anything from at least 99% of them. Her final decision is exactly one of these schools—one we knew nothing about and had never heard of. Without CPOA this never would have happened. We are more than happy with the services Elliott and CPOA provided to our family during this process.”

 

 

"Thanks to CPOA, my son is currently enrolled at Waldorf College on scholarship and will start football at the college on 13 Aug 03.  I almost started preparing too late.  Had I started preparing when my son was a junior, he could have gotten a full ride at a D-1 school, but by the time I decided, they (scholarships) were all gone. Our local CPOA representative provided me and my family with knowledgeable information.  We highly recommend CPOA."

"NOTE:  Before I contacted CPOA, my son had only received 3 letters.  Shortly after we started working with our Rep, he received approximately 85 letters and over 10 offers to play football.  Although Blaine is a large school, very few recruiters seem to visit the school."
 
Thanks, Tony.
John Williams and Family

"The reason for my letter is to provide some thoughts on how wonderful College Prospects of America is to work with and the results your process secured.

We had been sending letters to select colleges for almost a year with a modest interest being generated.  That was confusing to us.  Katie was a four year starter in volleyball at Cretin Derham Hall High School and had played in the best Club teams (finishing second in the nation once) in the Twin Cities.  We were told by local high school and club coaches that Katie was one of the best in the state at her position, a definite Division I player but College Recruiters didn't show much more than passive interest in her.
 
In mid September my daughter Katie received a letter through her high school from Jim Burian, Area Director of College Prospects of America describing your services.  I called Jim for more information and his genuine interest in helping us in the process was obvious.  We set up a meeting in our home (about a two hour drive each way for Jim) for the next evening for him to meet the family and Katie and discuss our goals and interest.  His sincerity, candid feedback around our expectations and overall professionalism were absolutely profound.  We signed up that night and he completed the necessary paperwork to start the process.We received letters asking for more information from over 400 Division I, II, and III programs.  Katie was contacted by telephone by over 50 schools, selected her five official visits, received five full scholarship offers and made her final choice (a $25,000 annual value).
 
It's all about marketing and credibility of having a third party present an athlete for consideration vs. the perceived self serving or biases of an individual or family.  College Prospects has a great reputation in college athletic departments and their letters are read and their Web site is viewed very heavily by college recruiters.  The exposure the athlete receives is what makes it work.  Several coaches indicated to us "we didn't know Katie was still looking; we thought she was committed."  "I had her in a drill group at Nike Camp two years ago but when I saw her picture on the Web site it all came back to me and I went after her", this quote was from the coach who successfully recruited Katie."
 
"Thanks College Prospects and Jim Burian.  I have another high school freshman volleyball player and I'll be calling Jim in two years."
 
Sincerely,
Gary Plummer
 
"I would like to sincerely thank CPOA and its efforts in trying to get exposure for me to college coaches around the country.  After signing up with CPOA, the phones started ringing off the hook.  Without College Prospects of America, I would not have the chance to wrestle for the University of Pittsburgh, a Divison I wrestling team.  Thank you."
 
Sincerely,
Jake Nelson

 

"When we met with you at the beginning of Holly's senior year our hopes were diminishing regarding a financial aid award for her to attend college, and more importantly, her dream of playing volleyball at the collegiate level.  We withdrew the fee from our savings account and signed your contract.  WOW, what a return on investment!!!!  Holly has been awarded the Presidential Scholarship to attend Savannah College...A package totaling $67,000, her dream is now reality!!  Largely in part to you and the organization you represent, College Prospects of America.  We will never be able to express our gratitude to you.  Your program works, Holly's scholarship is living proof.  We highly recommend you and CPOA and would gladly speak with other parents."

 

 

"I am writing this letter to thank CPOA for the outstanding job that was done for my children, Craig and Kay Ann.  I admit I was not completely sold on the CPOA idea, but decided to try it for my son.  Our corner of Ohio is not highly recruited because there are no colleges close-by in state.  Craig received over 150 contacts to play baseball from NCAA D-II and D-III schools as well as NAIA.  It took some research on our part to find the best fit, academics and athletics, but the University of Indianapolis (D-II) became his school of choice.  He received both academic and athletic grants.  The bottom line was, he got a great education, started on the baseball team for two and a half years, met his wife, and never had to pay more than $3,000 for any year." 

     "I couldn't wait for my daughter to sign up with CPOA.  We started during her junior year.  Kay Ann was a talented basketball player with a 4.0 GPA She was recruited nationwide by about (10) D-I schools, (20) D-II schools and over (200) D-III and NAIA schools.  But then, a very odd thing occurred---she decided not to play basketball in college.  In January of her senior year, CPOA sent out a softball referral to regional colleges.   I felt we were too late and nothing would happen.  Kay still received over 50 recruiting letters, and decided to attend West Virginia Wesleyan (D-II).  She received both athletic and academic grants.  Her bottom line was a great education and D-II Regional All-American in softball, and we never paid more than $3,800 for any year.  Considering my daughters change of heart to softball, CPOA really saved us.

     Thanks again for your service. Without CPOA, I don't know what we would have happened, but it worked out great!!!!!"

 

PS: If any of your customers want to talk to me, have them call!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

"I just wanted to let you know how much we appreciated working with you and the College Prospects program in assisting Tonia in achieving her college goals.  The efforts, help and support provided by you and the program gave Tonia the opportunity to make herself known to colleges nationwide through the mailings, video tape and the web-site.  Without the program she would not have been able to reach such a volume of schools and receive the interest in her from college coaches."..........We went on some visits, some of them being official ones, and considered all of her opportunities.  She received part athletic & academic scholarship money, as well as grant & loan money giving her almost a FULL RIDE package to a $20,000 a year school..."

 

 

"We went into June with few options and came out of June with many options and an opportunity to greatly reduce Rebekah's college costs.  CPOA helped Rebekah Breech find funding for all of her college costs!!"

 

 

"Just a short note to say THANK YOU very much for all you and CPOA have done for my son Clay and I.  He is very happy to play Division I football next year thanks to you and CPOA.  (Your Program) has saved me somewhere between $75,000 and $100,000!!  That kind of savings makes the mere cost of your program a drop in the bucket!  Without a doubt, CPOA has been the BEST investment I have ever made, and would highly endorse your program to any parent who knows their child deserves a chance at the next level."