Time to Celebrate the Latest NCSA Success Story!
May 15th, 2008 - byThis is the time of year when we here at NCSA get to help celebrate with families who we’ve helped. Here’s a wonderful note that we received this past week from student-athlete Brandon Woodhouse, who wrote this “thank you” to his NCSA Recruiting Coach, Rick McDole….enjoy!
“Thank you for congratulating me on my final and successful decision.
It’s been a long trip but I’m finally here and I’m happy with where I’m at. I have made critical decisions with the whole recruiting process, and it was not easy. I started out with a hand full of Division I schools, then it became a pocket full of Division II and NAIA schools, but I ended up with a sea full of Division III schools. Over the months I was planning and contemplating on which schools are right for me. Division I schools went out of the picture because of my on field injury, scholarships being pulled, not enough money being presented, and just because the plain fact that I didn’t want my education to be owned by a football team. I want to attend college, get a good education and just so happen to play football. I view Division I and II schools are for those who want to play professionally and make sports their career.
I feel that I can do better with another career that I will pursue in college. Which leads me to my conclusion by getting accepted at Rockford College. I felt this was a perfect fit for me based on my current goals and situation. I’m familiar with the staff, football team, and the community. Every time I step onto the campus, a feeling on serenity engulfs me and I feel like I’ve never left home. Who would of thought that the first college to ever contact me would be the college I would attend?I remember the first time we met, I was this 15 year old small-framed sophomore whose weight room and on-field statistics were below average. I sit here now at 18, twice my original size and boasting an average of 60 tackles and 7 sacks a season with weight room numbers as high as 600 for squatting and 330 for benching, breaking school records from left to right. Never in my life would I have thought that I can get as far as I did today, making the achievements I’ve made and meeting the goals I’ve set. Individual recognition is far-fetched. I wouldn’t of made it half way without the support and insight of you and others that assisted me in my journey of playing the game and getting into college. You might feel that I give you too much praise, but I take my education and career very seriously. I just feel in debt to anyone who accommodates to it.With that said, I thank you for all you have done for me and my family and I will keep in touch with you in the near future, and hopefully many years to come.
–Brandon Woodhouse
Brandon, from all of us here at NCSA, best of luck at the next level. Thank you for letting us play a part in helping you realize your dreams!
