Exit

2020 Prospective Student-Athlete Coronavirus & Recruiting Study

Question Title

* 1. How worried are you about the impact of coronavirus on your college education, as well as the quality of your college sports career?

Extremely worried

Worried

Not very worried

Not worried at all

Other (please specify)

Question Title

* 2. List the ways you and your family have been affected by the current crisis (choose all that apply):

We have a family member or friend that was diagnosed with Coronavirus

I worry about contracting Coronavirus if/when I go back to campus for the 2020-2021 year

Our family finances have been negatively affected

My parents are worried about me going to my campus when it opens for the 2020-2021 year

I have considered switching colleges

I have considered taking a year off from college

I am considering not playing my sport, and just focusing on my education instead

I feel like I received less of an education after switching to online learning this past spring

I now feel like I struggle with anxiety or depression due to the crisis

I am now worrying more about how I'm going to afford the rest of my college education

Other (please specify)

Question Title

* 3. Looking ahead to this next college school year as a student-athlete, what is the MAXIMUM college tuition you and your family are feeling like you could be in a position to pay out of pocket?

$60,000 or more

$55,000 to $59,999

$50,000 to $54,999

$45,000 to $49,999

$40,000 to $49,999

$35,000 to $39,999

$30,000 to $34,999

$25,000 to $29,999

$20,000 to $24,999

$15,000 to $19,999

$10,000 to $14,999

$5,000 to $9,999

$4,999 or less

Question Title

* 4. At this point in the process, how would you rank the following factors in order of importance when it comes to how you will ultimately choose the college and program you commit to?

Overall cost of the school/amount of scholarship I receive

Where I feel like I'm wanted the most

The quality of the education

Where I feel most connected with the team

The location/size of the college

The program who has the coach I like the most

Where it felt most like 'home' when I visited campus

The program with the best facilities for my sport

Question Title

* 5. If you knew another college or coach could offer you more academic or athletic scholarship money to commit to their school, how strongly would that affect your final decision?

I would strongly consider their school

I might consider their school

I'm not sure if I would or wouldn't consider their school

I probably wouldn't consider their school

I definitely would not consider their school

Question Title

* 6. As they communicate with you, what types of things should coaches be talking with you about between now and the time you head to campus when it opens? What do you need to hear from them?

Question Title

* 7. How could your coach have been communicating with you better over the past few months as this crisis unfolded?

Question Title

* 8. What are you most worried about as you prepare for the upcoming college year as a student and athlete?

Question Title

* 9. Last question: What is your advice to coaches when it comes to what a college prospect your age needs to hear about during the recruiting process in order to feel like their program is going to be the best choice?