Columbia HS Athletics to host college recruiting workshop by Jack Renkens

MAPLEWOOD, NJ (updated Friday Oct. 7, 3:40 p.m.) – Columbia High School Athletics will host recruitment guru Jack Renkens, who will provide a workshop on athletic recruiting for college.

The workshop will be held Wednesday, Oct. 26, at the CHS Auditorium at 7 p.m. Complimentary admission is offered for all student-athletes and families.

The workshop will focus on myths and realities of the recruiting process.

Renkens, of Recruiting Realities, is a former award-winning high school and college coach, and athletic director. He will discuss the college recruiting process, including financial aid for for student/athletes and families. Renkens has been a keynote speaker for 20 years at high schools and athletic directors and coach’s conferences across the country. The free presentation is open to the public.

“This is a no-nonsense presentation that serves as a reality check for student/athletes and their families seeking a college degree, while playing sports at the college level,” Renkens said. “I’m going to tell the schools what they need to hear. It’s a game-know the rules.

“This isn’t about scholarships. It’s about funding,” Renkens said, regarding his talk focusing on merit money, grants, endowments and academic achievements.”

Renkens has been a keynote speaker at High School Athletic Directors Conferences in 35 states across America. He has written 16 books on the recruiting process.

“It’s about finding the right match academically, while realizing the opportunities to play college sports,” Renkens said. “Families need to be realistic about the opportunities that are available, and, there are many opportunities out there, whether in NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA and NJCAA.”

Renkens added, “Less than one percent of student/athletes are going to be fully funded at a Division I school. But, 99 percent of the student/athletes can play at the collegiate level in other divisions. The key is finding the right school and financial aid package.”

Renkens will talk about the critical fact that student/athletes don’t pick the school, but rather, the school picks them. He delves into the ways to continue their passion to play sports at the collegiate level – how to get noticed. Renkens has been a college and junior college coach, having recruited athletes for 30 years.

For more information on Jack Renkens presentation, see the Recruiting Realities web site at www.recruitingrealities.com.