ACTIVE Network, a leader in participant management solutions, to offer its athletes easy access to college recruiting help through NCSA
CHICAGO - Next College Student Athlete (NCSA), one of the largest NCAA-compliant collegiate athletic recruiting network that matches student-athletes with college coaches, has partnered with ACTIVE Network, the premier global marketplace for activities and events and an industry-leading provider of intelligence solutions, to help more student-athletes find their best path to college.
“We are always looking for new and innovative ways to help student-athletes,” said Lisa Strasman president of NCSA. “ACTIVE is a leading technology provider for sport and recreational activities. Student-athletes registering for an activity like a football camp, soccer camp, or a baseball tournament through ACTIVE’s Camp and Class ManagerTM or LeagueOneTM technologies can now easily connect to NCSA and start building their free, online athletic profile1.”
Creating an NCSA profile is often the first step on a student-athlete’s college recruiting journey. The profile acts as an athletic resume, allowing college coaches to search for and discover recruits online. This year alone, more than 20,000 student-athletes working with NCSA have committed to a college team.
“We’re thrilled to partner with NCSA in supporting the journey of youth athletes in reaching their full potential,” said Sheryl Hoskins, general manager for communities at ACTIVE Network. “Our integration with NCSA brings added convenience to activity registrants and reaffirms ACTIVE’s commitment to delivering technologies and services that enable lifelong athletic growth.”
Partnering with NCSA is just one of the many ways ACTIVE supports youth athletes and their passion for sports. Through online portals like ACTIVEkids.com, which according to 2016 ACTIVE system data, listed 440,000 activities and events and received over 1.2 million annual site visits, ACTIVE has become one of the largest online marketplaces for youth activities in North America. They also provide expert resources, training plans, and fitness calculators, to help make it easy for people of all ages, to prepare for any type of athletic event.
For more information about NCSA, please visit NCSAsports.org or contact David Frank at 312- 624-7570 or at dfrank@ncsasports.org.
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1 There is no charge for building an NCSA profile; participants only pay if they reach agreedupon membership terms with NCSA.
ABOUT NEXT COLLEGE STUDENT ATHLETE (NCSA)
NCSA is the world’s largest and most successful collegiate athletic recruiting network. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Reigning Champs (www.reigningchamps.com), NCSA’s team of more than 600 former collegiate and professional athletes leverages 17 years of exclusive data, proprietary matching algorithms, and personal relationships to connect tens of thousands of college-bound student-athletes to more than 35,000 college coaches nationwide across 31 sports every year. You can learn more about NCSA at www.ncsasports.org.
ABOUT ACTIVE NETWORK
ACTIVE Network® is the premier global marketplace for activities and events, connecting participants and activity organizers while offering intelligence solutions through its industryleading data and insights platform. ACTIVE’s enterprise-level ACTIVEWorks® platform offers organizers advanced SaaS technology that streamlines the administration of activities and events. The ACTIVE Network Activity Cloud® platform combines intelligence solutions and data tools to provide actionable insights that help organizers better manage their events and increase both revenue and participation. Founded in 1999, ACTIVE Network is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit ACTIVEnetwork.com and follow us on Twitter.