In this episode, Gerry talks to veteran recruiting coordinator Ryan McGee. Ryan has worked in recruiting for almost a decade and has placed 50+ athletes to college at Gamers Baseball Academy.
The episode starts with Ryan's personal recruiting experience as a high school player trying to get to college, and how he ended up at Division II Caldwell University in Northern New Jersey. Technology has changed mightily over the years, and you will hear about recruiting of yesterday, which includes some stories of written letter recruiting and the days of mailing DVDs to coaches.
From there, Ryan talks about his start in recruiting, which included his two years as an assistant coach at Caldwell upon the completion of his college career. For the remainder of the podcast, Ryan talks about how he began to structure and run recruiting at Gamers Baseball Academy in New Jersey, and gives insight on:
- Strategies for highlighting player strengths
- What most coaches look for when recruiting
- Doing away with the "D1 or bust," mentality
- How technology has changed recruiting
- Importance of grades and test scores
- Improving physical metrics and show casing
- Communicating with coaches
All that and more on this episode!