Coach Tom Newell Organizes Symposium to be held at UW on Saturday, Broadcast live on the Internet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 28th, 2008
FamilySportsLifeToday.com and Coaches Who Care, Intl. will host the 3rd Annual Parent Symposium “Expectations with Revelations: an Insight to the Process of Intercollegiate Recruiting”. Coach Tom Newell will moderate the discussion.
“I attended the symposium previously and had a lot of questions on how the college application process fit with the athletic recruiting for my son. Tom and his panel of speakers did a great job of outlining the parent’s role in their child’s athletic future, what the student should realistically expect beyond high school, and how colleges approach scouting, recruiting, and scholarships,” said Pat Ulhman, whose son Ryan Roarke is a Cornell University graduate.
The symposium will be held Saturday May 31, 2008, in the Assembly Room of Hec Ed Pavilion at the University of Washington. Registration begins at 12 noon and the program runs from 12:30 to 3:30 PM. Details are available at www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com
Representatives from the following programs are scheduled to participate in a panel discussion and answer questions on the subject of identifying prospects and how the process begins towards recruiting a high school student athlete.
- University of Washington: Leslie Tuiasusopo, Volleyball; Paul Fortier, Men’s Basketball; Loree Payne, Women’s Basketball
- Seattle Pacific University: Jeff Hironaka, Men’s Basketball
- Seattle University: Joe Callero, Men’s Basketball; Dan Kriley, Women’s Basketball
- Northwest University (Kirkland): John Van ***, Men’s Basketball
- University of Nebraska: Sunny Smallwood, Women’s Basketball
- Eastern Washington University: Cheryl Sorenson, Women’s Basketball
- St. Martin’s: Keith Cooper, Men’s Basketball
- Bellevue Community College: Coach Ernie Woods, retired NWAC Hall of Fame coach
- Coach John Bowers: former D-IAA College football recruiter, current Ballard High School Football Head Coach
This program is for parents and kids at the Middle School and High School levels of interscholastic sports. The symposium is FREE and refreshments will be provided.
Donations of Food items for Northwest Harvest will be greatly appreciated and gladly accepted!
Questions will be presented to the coaches as well as parents learning about the various rules and regulations related to their children becoming NCAA Eligible for recruitment. Materials will be passed out to each family in attendance.
Parents and athletes interested in attending are encouraged to register at www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com. Parents are invited to fill out a survey on college recruiting at www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com/survey to help us prepare for the event.
For those not able to attend in person, the program will be broadcast live over the Internet at www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com/tv
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For more information:
Contact Tom Newell
familysportslifetoday@gmail.com
About FamilySportsLifeToday.com
FamilySportsLifeToday.com was founded in 2006 by former NBA Coach Tom Newell, high school Coach Guy Perry, and technologist Jay Arnold. FSLT is dedicated to assisting volunteer coaches, parents and participants develop better teaching models and motivational methods, bringing families to improve the dynamic of the youth sports experience. FSLT provides Internet radio podcasts, news articles, documents and resources for youth coaches, parents and players at www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com
FamilySportsLifeToday.com organized the first televised basketball game with 11-foot hoops in June 2007, kicking off a national discussion on the state of professional basketball. See www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com/ForLoveOfGame
Tom Newell was the first NBA coach to coach a Chinese Basketball Association team, the Jilin Northeast Tigers in 2007-2008. Coach Newell blogged about the experience at www.FamilySportsLifeToday.com/blogs/Tigers. Previously, Newell was an Assistant Coach for the Seattle Supersonics, Director of Player Personnel for the Indiana Pacers, and Scout for the Golden State Warriors. He also was an Assistant Coach for the WNBA's Portland Fire.