College Athlete Profile Services, Inc. (CAPS) Founder, Pat, shown here being inducted into The Soccer Hall of Fame, is a regular College Opportunities for Student Athlete Magazine Columnist.

All three Grecco children were involved with Soccer, Daughter Beth, is a UCONN Graduate, full scholarship recipient, 3 X All-America Selection; Son Frank, a recruited Soccer Athlete, four-year Varsity Player at the United States Naval Academy, now a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. A Genuine Soccer Family: Daughter Ellen played at Northport H.S., Graduated from Fordham University where Women's Soccer evolved after she graduated. Pat's Husband, Frank is a Referee.

Long Island Jr. Soccer League
Hall of Fame Dinner, 1998.

Pat has personally helped more players get to college, and on the team ... many with full scholarships ... than anyone on this planet. A founder of The Student Athlete Scholarships Foundation, Mrs. Grecco has volunteered thousands of hours of her time to our organization and always finds time to help a disadvantaged family with a difficult problem.

In addition to American student athletes, our Internet Activities and EUROSPORT Catalog Column have enabled us to introduce Pat Grecco to numerous sports and countries. She enjoys and is especially effective when helping foreign student athletes obtain college opportunities in the USA.

Why CAPS works while RECRUITERS fail:

Using a recruiter could actually hurt your player's chances.

The Student Athlete Scholarships Foundation (SASF) is staffed entirely by volunteers, most of whom are successful college coaches. College soccer coaches do not like recruiters.

College coaches want to hear directly from families ... families who are genuinely interested in playing and studying at his/her school.

Yes, families. Coaches recruit both players and their parents.

Most college coaches were once club coaches. Old preferences really don't change. Coaches still prefer genuine, supportive parents, coachable players and the satisfying team success that follows. Team chemistry, that most elusive variable, is a constant challenge to every college coach ... the pieces of his puzzle could fit together in hundreds of different combinations. But when the magic is there and everything works for the coach in team sports, the whole is much greater than the sum of its parts.

Recruiters who flood coaches' mailboxes with photocopied resumes of players they do not know are offensive. Most coaches we know do not even bother to open those envelopes, or worse, question why a player with any potential would ever hire a third party.

Pat Grecco sees the coach's world from the coach's point of view. For the past 15 years Pat has worked with hundreds of college coaches in soccer and other sports, she has acquired a sensitivity for their coaching style, their program's traditions, the school's culture and its valuation of athletics and student athletes. Her College Showcase for Long Island Junior Soccer League, the nation's largest, has earned the respect of coaches and created hundreds of valuable personal relationships.

Pat's approach is unique. Unlike recruiters, she is invisible. After personal interviews with player and parents, together they develop a list of target schools and the family's research begins. Only when both player and parents are genuinely interested in a school, its program and its coach, does the family initiate its direct contact.

A large part of a coach's time and travel budget is spent identifying players who want to attend his school and want to play for him ... and are both academically and athletically qualified to do so. Many coaches evaluate 500 players to finally sign just one.

College coaches welcome qualified and motivated student athletes who present themselves in this way. Mrs. Grecco says, "It's so simple ... realistically evaluate your qualifications ... study the coach's requirements ... and go where they want you."

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