Sports Illustrated Play, the youth sports technology platform, announced a partnership Tuesday with Next College Student Athlete (NCSA), a collegiate athletic recruiting network. The partnership is aimed to make recruiting more accessible to athletes and their families using the SI Play platform.
“As a company built for players and their families, we wanted to assist the many young athletes who have an enthusiasm to play sports at the collegiate level,” SI Play CEO Jeff Karp said in a statement. “After a lengthy search we determined that NCSA provides the best solutions to help and support our users who wish to explore these opportunities. We understand and appreciate how important a decision this is and are confident that NCSA will be a great resource for players and families.”
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Student athletes using SI Play can now create a free NCSA recruiting profiles where they can upload their highlight videos, key statistics and academic information that can be viewed than more than 41,000 college coaches across 31 sports in the NCSA network.
Through the the SI Play platform and SI Play mobile app, the high school student athletes and their parents will have access to NCSA’s collection of recruiting eduction and content. This partnership with also help bring new tools to leagues, teams and coaches on both platforms.