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These War Eagles took their last steps on the high school field. Now, these D1 commits advance to the college arena. by dylan jordan, sebastian skinner and jackson fryburger illustrated by yasmin khan Usually kids commit towards the end of their junior year, but because I was scouted late, I committed September of senior year. Everything worked out just fine.”
Jide Awujo: “Personally, my college decision became really hectic after the many showcases I participated in. Fortunately, my parents supported me to the fullest in order to help me make my decision.” Ambe' Caldwell: “In the beginning, it wasn’t really much of a process. I was only talking to two schools. That was in the beginning of spring football, but after spring, I started getting more looks and traveling across the country to go to camps. I committed to Furman. I wanted to go somewhere bigger, but I didn’t have any offers from big schools. After the first three games of the season, we went undefeated and won against Blessed Trinity. Then a couple of my teammates and I started getting bigger offers. After the Blessed Trinity loss at the end of the season, I went on my official visit to Miami-Ohio University. I committed on the visit and then decommitted from Furman the same day. A week later I signed.
Vincent Mannella: “My college decision process wasn’t as good as I anticipated. I was unable to practice or compete all of my junior year because of a knee injury, and junior year is the most important year to get colleges’ attention. Because of this, not many colleges were interested. I only received three offers, but I always thought that I was going to get more. At the beginning of senior year, my coach emailed me that the head coach of University of Pennsylvania was going to watch us practice. Fortunately, I got his attention and was asked to come on a visit and ended up loving the university.”
Ambe' Caldwell
Jide Awujo
DA Allen
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Eric Malever: “I took a couple tours and limited my options down to a couple of schools. Then I weighed the pros and cons of the schools that I chose and decided that Maryland was the best fit for me academically and athletically.”
Villanova University
University of Georgia
John Franks: “My process was slow at first. With soccer, college coaches cannot contact you until your junior year. At the beginning of my junior year, I wasn’t getting many looks; however, I performed really well in my junior year, attracting more high level college coaches.
Emory Lanier: “It was pretty interesting. It took place a lot last spring and summer. I was playing AAU, and I was getting a lot of looks and receiving interest from a lot of different colleges. Throughout the process, I took visits during the summer to see which schools really fit me best. I ended up making my decision in July. When I visited [Davidson] in the summer, I just thought the coaching staff and the campus was everything I wanted the next four years. The location and proximity to home was all great, so when it came to making a decision, it had everything I really wanted.”
Miami-Ohio University
What was your college decision process like?
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