College Advisory Program | Southern California Blues Soccer Club

The College Advisory Program (CAP) was developed as a service for all college bound SC Blues players and their families.The CAP staff’s goal is to make the journey from initiating the research for identifying potential best fit colleges.

Blues teams start their journey with a team meeting with the CAP staff. The CAP staff will then meet with each individual family to assess their goals and guide them through the initial communication process with college coaches.

The CAP staff will also be at major college showcases to promote the players to the college coaches of their interest as well as gauge the interest of other coaches in each player.

If you are interested in more of the recruiting rules and regulations you will find them by using the link to the official NCAA Eligibility Website. We encourage all high school aged players to register with the NCAA eligibility center at the below link.

The So Cal Blues developed the College Advisory Program (CAP) to assist and support all college bound So Cal Blues players and their families. The recruiting process can be a daunting one for all involved and the CAP advisors, led by Coach Terri Patraw, aim to educate our Blues families on best practices throughout their respective journey. Coach Patraw competed as a Division I soccer student-athlete at University of Wisconsin and went on to be a successful head coach in the Pac-12. She knows what is required to compete at the college level and how to navigate the recruiting process.

Coach Terri Patraw along with other So Cal Blues staff and administrators will offer recruiting educational seminars to Blues players and families each season. Additionally, Coach Terri will be available for one-on-one meetings to assist each family assess their goals and offer support throughout their process.

Senior Year

Electronic correspondence (e.g., emails, text messaging, instant messaging): All forms of electronic correspondence are permissible.
Recruiting materials: Allowed
Telephone calls: You may call a coach at your expense and calls/voicemails may be returned.College coaches may call you: Allowed
Off-Campus contact: Allowed
Official Visit: Except during Dead Periods, official visits are allowable. You may take an unlimited number of official visits with no more than one per college.
Unofficial Visit: Except during Dead Periods, you may make an unlimited number of unofficial visits and speak with a coach or athletics department staff member during these visits as well as receive three complimentary admissions to a DI home athletic contest.
Limitation on off-campus contacts/evaluations: A DI coach may have a face-to-face contact off their campus with you or your parents/legal guardians not more than three times. Unlimited number of contacts and evaluations are permissible after you sign a National Letter of Int

Junior Year

Electronic correspondence (e.g., emails, text messaging, instant messaging): All forms of electronic correspondence are permissible beginning June 15 after your sophomore year.
Recruiting materials: You may begin receiving recruiting materials June 15 following your sophomore year.
Telephone calls: You may call a coach at your own expense and calls/voicemails may be accepted/returned beginning June 15 following your sophomore year.
College coaches may call you: Beginning June 15 after sophomore year.
Off-Campus contact: Allowed beginning August 1 before your junior year
Official visit: Official Visits are allowable beginning August 1 before your junior year. You are allowed an unlimited number of official visits to Division I schools. You may make only one official visit per college, unless there is a head coaching change after your visit. Then you are permitted a second visit.
Unofficial visits: Except during Dead Periods, you may make an unlimited number of unofficial visits and speak with a coach or athletics department staff member during these visits as well as receive three complimentary admissions to a DI home athletic contest beginning August 1 before your junior year.

Freshman & Sophomore Year

Recruiting materials: You may receive brochures for camps and NCAA Materials and non-athletics recruiting publications. Prospects may go on to targeted schools websites to complete athletic questionnaires.
Telephone calls and texts: A college coach cannot accept a call, call/text you or return a voicemail or text prior to June 15 following your sophomore year of high school.
Off-Campus contact: None allowed
Official visit: None allowed
Unofficial visit: You may make an unlimited number of unofficial visits but cannot speak with a DI coach or athletics department staff member, take an athletics specific tour or receive complimentary admissions to home athletic contests during these visits until August 1 before your junior year.
Note: During this time the prospective student-athlete may forward information (introduction letter, email, upcoming game schedule, video footage, update emails, etc.).
Note: Attending exposure camps where DI coaches in attendance are allowable by NCAA rules if it is not a Dead Period. However, recruiting conversations are not allowed at these camps between players and college coaches.

Slightly more relaxed than those for Division 1, with most contact starting in the summer of the athlete’s junior year:
Any time: Athletes can receive brochures for camps, questionnaires, NCAA materials and non-athletic recruiting publications.
June 15 after sophomore year: Coaches may begin calling athletes. They can also conduct off-campus communications with athletes and/or their parents. At this time, athletes may start taking official visits.
Division II schools are the only schools that allow a "tryout" with a college team.

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