This easy-to-read workbook/guide provides student-athletes with a step-by-step approach on how to win one of more than 180,000 athletic scholarships worth over $1.2 billion annually. The best news for many high school athletes is that they don't have to be superstars to win a sports scholarship … but they do need a game plan. Authors Penny Hastings and Todd Caven are experts in the field, and prove it by showing student-athletes how to:

• Develop a step-by-step game plan to win a sports scholarship
• Identify colleges offering scholarships in their sport
• Market themselves to attract the attention of college coaches
• Assess their athletic and academic skills with a series of quizzes
• Assemble their own Sports Resume Kit ^TM
• Decide which is the best college for them
• Negotiate scholarship offers successfully

The skyrocketing cost of a college education is enough to send parents and students into a panic. With expenses escalating an estimated 6.5% a year, the average 4-year degree could cost over $80,000 for a student entering in 2009. For private universities this amount might well exceed $161,000. While grants and academic scholarships are hard to come by and loans must be repaid, the sports scholarship is one often-overlooked solution. The variety of sports in which scholarships are awarded is surprising -- 34 sports from archery to wrestling -- with many yielding even greater opportunities for women than ever before.

How to Win A Sports Scholarship is based on the authors' own personal experiences and extensive research, including interviews with over 1,000 college coaches and athletic directors, student-athletes and their parents, high school coaches and guidance counselors, and financial aid advisors. Since 1992, the authors have also held seminars to teach their system to eager student-athletes and parents.

What People "In the Know" Are Saying About This Book
"By using your book in my last two years of high school I was recruited by my top college choices. I accepted a scholarship to University of California at Davis," says Stephen Samson, former water polo player.

"How To Win A Sports Scholarship contains essential information for every aspiring college athlete," says Sam Koch, Head Men's Soccer Coach, University of Massachusetts.

"I would definitely recommend this book to student-athletes, their parents and coaches," states Joan E. Powell, National Official, U.S. Volleyball Association and 30-year Varsity Volleyball Coach, Coronado High School, Colorado.