What Is an Athlete Recruitment Plan? (See a Full Sample)

Every athlete we advise walks away with an Athlete Recruitment Plan (ARP). It is a personalized recruiting roadmap built from a one-on-one session with a Streamline Athletes advisor that maps where you stand today, which schools to chase, your projected out-of-pocket cost at certain schools after aid, and your next move at every step. The whole thing is built around your verified performances, grades, budget, target list, and other preferences. Your ARP reads like a plan for you and only you.

Below is a full sample plan on our production template, with every athlete-specific number swapped for a placeholder so you can picture your own details in each spot.

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Why the plan works

• Built around you — Every plan starts with a one-on-one advising session, so your goals, your marks, your budget, and your list drive the whole thing. The plan mirrors that conversation back to you and turns it into a step-by-step play.
• Four buckets, weighed together — Athletic fit, academic fit, financial fit, and geographic fit all get scored, so no single piece quietly holds you back.
• Your true cost after aid — We estimate what you would pay after athletic and academic aid stack, school by school, so you compare your real out-of-pocket cost instead of the number on the brochure.
• A verified target list — Every school is scored on the same four buckets and linked to its Streamline Athletes program page, sorted by who has reached out and who to contact next.
• Your performance data is contextualized meaningfully — Your verified personal bests are presented to you within our tier system, so you know your level today and the exact PR that unlocks the next one. Streamline Athletes' proprietary recruit tiering system is used primarily for collegiate coaches to evaluate prospective student-athletes across event groups and was built based on historical NCAA, NAIA, and U SPORTS conference scoring data, World Athletics scoring tables, and recruiting trends. Knowing where your best result in your best event lines up compared to all track and field recruits, including transfers, from around the world provides understanding that a basic standards lookup cannot.
• Every level across the United States and Canada — Your plan covers the full landscape: NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA in the United States, U SPORTS and the CCAA in Canada. We match you to the levels where you fit best and lay out the eligibility rules and the differences that matter for each, so you see every path worth chasing.
• You always know the next step — Coach-communication guidance, a season timeline, and a clear action list mean you are never guessing about what to do next.

What's inside every Athlete Recruitment Plan

Every Streamline Athletes ARP runs on the same structure. Here is what you get:

• Athletic — Your objective in your event, your verified personal bests, the tier you sit at today, and the exact mark that moves you up.
• Academic — Your target degree, the admission bar at each program, the prerequisite courses your major expects, and where your eligibility file needs to be.
• Financial — A school-by-school estimate of what you would pay after athletic and academic aid, in the right currency, so you compare net cost instead of sticker.
• Geographic — Where you want to train and live, sorted from close to home out to the bigger moves worth the travel.

On top of the four buckets, every plan includes:

• Your target list — A ranked set of schools, each linked to its Streamline Athletes program page, split into the ones that reached out, the ones to contact through Plus, and your reach and backup.
• Coach communication — How to handle coaches, what to ask about money, and how to keep every conversation moving.
• A season timeline — What to do this summer, through your final fall, and into the winter and spring when you commit.
• An action list — The specific next steps, in order, so you leave with a plan you can run.

How to get your own plan

1. Book a recruitment advising session with Streamline Athletes.
2. Add your verified track and field performances to your Streamline Athletes profile so your advisor works from real data.
3. In the session, you and your advisor map your four buckets and your school list together.
4. You get your Athlete Recruitment Plan: your personalized deck, plus the action list to run it.

If you are not ready to book a session yet, you can create a free profile and start building your list, then book advising when the timing is right.

Frequently asked questions

What is an Athlete Recruitment Plan?

An Athlete Recruitment Plan is a personalized recruiting roadmap that Streamline Athletes builds for each athlete from a one-on-one advising session. It scores your athletic, academic, financial, and geographic fit, gives you a verified target list of schools linked to their program pages, estimates what each school would cost after aid, and lays out a coach-communication plan, a season timeline, and a clear list of next steps.

How do I get an Athlete Recruitment Plan?

Book a recruitment advising session with Streamline Athletes and add your verified marks to your profile. In the session, you and your advisor map your four buckets and build your school list together. You leave with your personalized plan and the action list to run it.

How much does Streamline Athletes recruitment advising cost?

A one-on-one recruitment advising session is CAD $149 or USD $119 and runs about 60 minutes. The session produces your Athlete Recruitment Plan. New athletes can use code BM10 for 10% off when they book.

Which college levels does the Athlete Recruitment Plan cover?

Every college level in the United States and Canada. That means NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA in the US, and U SPORTS and the CCAA in Canada. Your plan covers the paths you are targeting, with the eligibility requirements and the differences that matter for each, matched to where you fit.

Related reading

• The track and field recruiting timeline, year by year
• Recruiting standards: what marks you need for your dream school
• NCAA D1 vs D2 vs D3: how to find your level
• Athletic scholarships: Canada vs the United States
• NCAA and eligibility centers: what every student-athlete needs to know
• Why you should consider a U SPORTS school
• What to ask college coaches during recruiting
• How to contact college coaches and build a relationship