Over the past month, we have given you an opportunity to sign up and showcase your skills in front of college football coaches, who have the power to offer you financial assistance.
With time running down and the window starting to close, your options are becoming less and less, and parents, coaches and athletes have the chance to control their own future.
This Saturday, the Orange Bowl Football Showcase will be taking place at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens for graduating seniors (2024 class) and current juniors (2025 class) starting at 8 a.m.
For those student athletes and their parents who have complained about not getting a chance to perform in front of colleges, you have run out of excuses. This is the day to be proactive in front of some 30 plus colleges and universities, who send their coaching staff to evaluate and look to sign prospects in the next two classes.
With the landscape of college recruiting changing dramatically with the “transfer portal” and “Name, Image, and Likeness” deals, attaining a college scholarship or getting financial assistance has taken a hit. But thank goodness there are people who understand what’s going on.
With a rich past and solid reputation of making dreams come true, the Orange Bowl Florida High School Football Showcase presented by Baptist Health is still in place and will once again host an impressive day of showcasing talent and grades to college coaches who flock to the area to fill their rosters with Sunshine State talent.
In 2023, nearly 30 colleges/universities attended with over 200 student-athletes, representing 82 high schools taking part (with a 2.5 GPA and above), 60 participants were recruited and are on rosters of colleges who came out.
In addition to our local NAIA schools and smaller colleges, programs from as far away as Texas and throughout the New England states and midwest took part.
Since 2017, when this began at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, over $8 million in financial aid has been provided to participants in the showcase. In that time, over 400 student-athletes were recruited by colleges & universities in the first seven years.
The Showcase is a FREE, one-day event, in association with the National Football Foundation (NFF) and its local chapters, that will bring together high school seniors and educational institutions in Division II, III, and NAIA programs from across the country.
PARENTS – BE PROACTIVE
An information session will take place during the showcase to educate parents on financial aid, NCAA and NAIA eligibility requirements and much more. We encourage you to attend this session to learn more about putting your student-athlete in the best position to be successful and college-ready.
Interested in taking part in this FREE SHOWCASE? Contact - https://www.orangebowl.org/community/youthsports/showcase/
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