Student- Athlete Resume, Your Profile – What Does It Say About You??

By: Jo Eddlemon Contributor Recruit Louisiana

Student- Athlete Resume, your profile that will give coaches a quick look at your accomplishments, measurements and contact information.

Putting together this profile will be one of your first priorities.  It is an important first step you will need to do before you begin to reach out to coaches.  Just like preparing for a test by taking notes and doing projects, creating your resume is as important to you as being able to show your work at test time, which will be when you are meeting coaches.

When listing accolades such as pre and post season awards or stats, be sure to put the most impressive ones first. Coaches and their analyst staff can get hundreds of resumes and film clips a week so yours needs to stand out.

What makes your different?  What makes you a better candidate for that position?  Think of this as a job interview process to landing your dream job. It needs to pop and jump out at the coach that you are the one right at the start.

Check Out These Examples of how to layout your resume for coaches: 

SAMPLE #1: STUDENT-ATHLETE RESUME

NAME

Jersey Number – (YEAR) – Position Height / Weight / Speed

High School (City, ST) Phone # / Email Address / Social Media Handles
HOME ADDRESS: Home Mailing Address, City, St, Zip

ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS: (All-State, All-Conference, Team MVP, School Record, Stat Leader)
ATHLETIC STATS: (Top 4-5 Sport-Specific Stats)

ACADEMIC INFO: GPA / ACT Test Score / SAT Test Score
Test Score

HS Coach Name (HS Coach Cell #/HS Coach Email) High School Name – High School Address, St, Zip

SAMPLE #2: STUDENT-ATHLETE RESUME

Player Name

Position and Number: 98- (2019) – Defensive End

6’4 / 240 / 4.85 (Height/Weight/ 40 time)
High School Name (City, State)
222-555-XXXX / EmailAddress@gmail.com

Twitter and Instagram (Social Media will be checked by a majority of college programs-keep it clean)
HOME ADDRESS: 1234 Street Name City, State Zip Code 

ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Named 1st Team All-District, All State
Team Defensive MVP
Lead the conference in Sacks (XX) and PBU (X)
ATHLETIC STATS: (Break it down by playing year)

Junior Season: 100 Tackles, 15 Sacks, 9 PBU, 4 TFL, 2 INT
Sophomore Season: 95 Tackles, 9 Sacks, 2 PBU, 7 TFL, 1 INT

ACADEMIC INFO: GPA / ACT Test Score / SAT Test Score

HS Coach: Coach Name – 222-555-XXXX / EmailAddress@yahoo.com