The Process · Issue No. 02
How Prospecta works — start to signing.
Five stages. About six minutes to start. No sales call, no $4,000 package, no false hope — just honest data at every step, all the way to the offer on the table.
Take the 6-minute assessment.
Pick your sport. Answer the questions actual college coaches care about — not generic profile fields. Free, no account, no credit card.
- · No highlight reel
- · No Instagram or follower count
- · No recruiting rankings
- ·Tennis — UTR, ITF/USTA section, coaching
- ·Soccer — Club tier (ECNL / MLS Next / GA), showcases
- ·Lacrosse — Club tier (NLF / NXT / 3d), Top-150 events
- ·Baseball — Velo, exit velo, PG/PBR events
- ·Softball — PGF circuit, showcases
- ·Volleyball — AAU bid level, touch height
- ·Football — Position, 40, height/weight, varsity reps
- ·Basketball — AAU circuit (EYBL / 3SSB), height, position
- ·Golf — JGS rank, AJGA performance, scoring avg
- ·Swimming — Best times by event (50/100/200), USA Swimming time standard classification, club team
- ·Track & Field — PRs by event (100m, 400m, mile, etc.), USATF/state ranking, club team
Plus universals: GPA, test scores, division goal, geographic flexibility, position, grad year.
Get the Reality Report.
A division-level read (P4 D1 / D1 / D2 / D3 / NAIA / JUCO), a Reality Score with category breakdown, and the specific gaps holding you back. If you're not D1, we'll say so. The full Reach / Target / Likely school list is Pro.
- →Realistic division fitPlain-English verdict — not optimistic, not crushing. Honest.
- →Reality Score (0-100)Scored against published division benchmarks where they exist, and Prospecta's own disclosed bands where no governing body publishes one.
- →Top 3 gaps to closeThe specific moves that would actually shift your division tier.
- →Reach / Target / Likely school listReal programs — not a CSV dump. (Pro only.)
- →Red flags coaches would spotGPA dropoffs, missing showcase data, position-fit mismatches.
- →Single most important next stepOne thing. The next thing. Free tier ends here.
- →Where you sit against division benchmarksSee which side of each division's roster floor, competitive band and elite marker you're on — with the source of those markers disclosed.
Target the right schools — with roster timing built in.
Your school list isn't a CSV dump — it's Reach/Target/Likely matched to your actual profile, plus roster-timing intelligence: who graduates before your athlete arrives and where a spot genuinely opens, built from our own crawler reading official athletics sites. Scout then watches those programs for coaching changes, roster openings, and NCAA windows — batch-refreshed from community reports and Prospecta users, not a live external feed.
- ·Coaching changes at your target schools
- ·Roster openings (graduating seniors, transfers, position gaps)
- ·NCAA contact windows (D1, D2 and D3)
- ·Camp, transcript, and signing deadlines
- ·Transfer-portal activity at programs you track
- ·Outreach timing — when to send, when to follow up
Every alert comes with a suggested next action — usually a one-tap approval. Scout drafts; you approve.
Men's Tennis · Roster opening detected this morning. The #2 singles spot opens for fall — your UTR fits the band coach Reynolds typically recruits for that slot. Follow-up draft ready.
- →Coaching-change alertsNew head coach, new recruiting coordinator, or staff departure at a school you're tracking.
- →NCAA window & deadline watchScout pings you in the right week — contact periods, camp season, transfer-portal moves, signing dates.
- →Roster-opening signalsScout flags graduating seniors, transfers, and position gaps at your target programs.
- →Pre-drafted responsesWhen a signal fires, Scout has the follow-up already written in your voice, waiting for one click.
- →Weekly recruiting briefEvery Monday, a one-page summary of what changed and the exact next moves to make.
Reach out — with the email drafted, and the rules handled.
Pro unlocks the coach directory — 43,900+ real coach emails from official athletics sites across NCAA D1, D2 and D3, plus a limited set of NAIA programs — plus AI-drafted first emails grounded in your actual assessment, follow-up drafts when a coach goes quiet, and a pipeline so you know where every conversation stands. You send from your own inbox; coaches reply to you directly. And Scout tracks every contact window and deadline for your sport and division — it will never draft outreach that breaks NCAA rules.
- →Coach directory43,900+ real coach emails from official athletics sites across NCAA D1, D2 and D3, plus a limited set of NAIA programs — filterable by division, conference, sport.
- →AI-drafted first emailsPersonalized to the coach, the school, and your assessment — not template fill-ins.
- →Follow-up drafts on the right cadence6-8 days is the sweet spot. Scout tells you when and drafts what to say.
- →Outreach pipelineSaved → contacted → responded — see every conversation at a glance.
- →Recommended Coach ListPre-filled from your assessment, ranks the best program fits in the directory.
You send the emails from your own inbox. Coaches reply to you directly. No middleman, no mass blast, no impersonation.
When the offers come, compare them honestly.
This is the part most families tell us they get left alone with. The Offer Navigator compares your real offers side by side: true four-year cost — not the coach's headline number — roster-spot risk, the scholarship rules that quietly move the goalposts, and a one-page Decision Brief your family can actually decide on. Plus AI-drafted aid-increase, deadline, and graceful-decline emails, ready when you need them. We built it because it's the decision that matters most.
- →True four-year costNet price, aid, and the real bill — not just the coach's headline number.
- →Roster-spot riskWho graduates before your athlete arrives and whether the spot is real.
- →Scholarship rulesThe deadlines, counters, and rules that quietly move the goalposts.
- →One-page Decision BriefA concise summary your family can actually decide on.
- →AI-drafted negotiation emailsAid-increase, deadline, and graceful-decline drafts — ready when you need them.
Your proactive recruiting agent, always on.
Scout watches every target program for the moves that actually change your fit — head-coach changes, roster openings, contact-window shifts — and turns each one into a suggested next step. You review and send every message.
Scout · Intelligence Layer
Meet Scout. Your proactive AI recruiting agent.
Scout watches coaching changes, roster openings, and NCAA windows at the programs you save — refreshed from our coverage scans, not a live nationwide feed — and drafts the outreach you approve and send.
Before anything sends, Scout models how that program tends to respond — and logs its prediction where you can grade it.
Head coach change at your target school
Staff turnover creates a 60-day reset window for new contacts.
New roster opening posted
A senior graduated at your position. Expect an updated target list.
NCAA contact window opens in 5 days
D1 softball coaches can call starting June 25. Prepare your intro.
Scout runs continuously in the background. When something changes, you get one clear next step — not a wall of alerts.
See everything Scout watches →- 01Coach changedNew OC at a target school.
- 02Suggested actionRe-introduce within 72 hrs.
- 03AI email draftedPersonalized, ready to edit.
- 04Sent — by youYou review every send.
Pro+: set standing rules and Scout handles steps 2–4 automatically — on the record, within your limits.
The 6-minute assessment, division-tier verdict, top gaps, and your single most important next step. No account required.
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