Brittany Collens Got a Full Ride, Then Turned Pro in Her Sport. Here's How She Did It.

Sports Scholarship Stories

Today we'll hear from Brittany Collens, a former New Mexico State and UMass women’s tennis player who now plays tennis professionally.
I met Brittany a few years ago when she was involved in one of the more ludicrous NCAA investigations I’ve ever heard about, which led her to testify before Congress and write a piece for the Players’ Tribune called “The NCAA Erased My Career.”
Thankfully, Brittany had a much better experience getting recruited and playing college tennis, which was the focus of our conversation.
In today's episode, Brittany explains:
* How to market yourself to college coaches
* How to be direct with coaches
* How to turn a poor performance in front of a recruiter into a positive
* How playing lots of sports as long as possible can benefit you in college and beyond
* And why your social development growing up is just as important as your physical development
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Links:
Brittany Collens on Twitter (@brittcollens22)
Brittany’s article on The Players Tribune: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/brittany-collens-tennis-ncaa-university-of-massachusetts

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My best stories on athletic recruiting:
The Myth of the Sports Scholarship
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-myth-of-the-sports-scholarship/
The Courting of Marvin Clark
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-courting-of-marvin-clark/
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