KJ's Korner : June 15th Recruiting Madness begins for Class of 2026
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Recruiting - AKA Death by a 1000 Paper Clips 🤦♀️😧
It’s really exciting and yes, there are some athletes who, just a few days into officially being able to be recruited are announcing their decisions. I get asked a lot, “How is that possible when recruiting for the 2026 class is supposed to start now?” Regardless of sport, those who have been identified by college coaches as “high potentials” (aka hi-po’s) have been getting messages through club coaches that they have interest. So the moment they are officially able to announce, some are ready to make a decision because that has been going on for months.
So what if your athlete isn’t one of those kids whose phone is buzzing incessantly at 12am on June 15th? Is all hope lost? NO. Absolutely not. In fact, that’s were a large majority of athletes are. And there are SO many stories of athletes who have very little to no interest out of high school but end up getting recruited and often times becoming impact players later on.
Perhaps, you’ve heard our story. But if not, both of my sons had zero interest and zero offers as they graduated high school.
Back in 2019, my oldest child, Caelan (CJ) was getting ready to graduate from high school with no interest and no offers. Ever since he started dribbling a basketball and playing for his Dad in kindergarten at the YMCA, he had ONE dream… to play DI hoops in college.
Being under-sized in both height and weight (aka a “late bloomer”), he was getting ready to leave high school but had only received one phone call from a DI school (and a couple DIII’s), which didn’t pan out. He told me, “Whatever it takes. I’m willing to do whatever is necessary to get to that next level.”
So, this mom, put her life coaching hat on and we got to work. Within twelve weeks, CJ had over a dozen DI basketball offers. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Check out the podcast where I spoke to CJ about his journey… It’s getting rave reviews. It’s a good one! 👇
As one college coach urges (@wmtribewsoc), June 15th is merely the starting point and first day of communication for 2026 prospects. Many 2026 prospects won’t make verbal commitments for 6 months to a year, which means you could have 100-400 more days to continue talking to coaches after June 15th.
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Xxx- Kirsten
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