PrepChamps, the Premiere Online Community for Athletes, Coaches, Parents AND Fans

PrepChamps was founded in February 2007 by a few sports fanatics on a mission to help all high school student athletes get recognized for their athletic achievements. The founders of PrepChamps realized that most sport sites focus on the elite high school student athletes. A few other sites focus on the social networking aspects of high school sports. Other recruiting companies say that they will help high school student athletes with the recruiting process; however, they charge between $500 and $3,000 for their services.

PrepChamps believes that it is time for change! Recognizing the challenges that many high school student athletes face during the recruiting process, we aim to create a platform that will leverage the power of the Internet to shift the focus toward “Recruiting 2.0”. The “Recruiting 2.0” premise is based on the Web 2.0 social phenomenon that embraces an approach to generating and distributing Web content itself, characterized by open communication, decentralization of authority, and the freedom to share and re-use “the market as a conversion”. PrepChamps is focused on providing high school student athletes with the tools they need to showcase their skills, enhance their exposure, and ultimately improve their chances of getting recognized and recruited.

We understand that most athletes do not have the skills to compete at the Division I level; however, thousands of athletes do have the ability to play collegiate sports. Our Recruiting 2.0 service helps student athletes by leveraging the social aspects of the Internet with powerful, yet simple, marketing tools - all framed in a context with which the athletes are familiar. The outcome is a new, revolutionary high school sports community that “levels the playing field” for all high school athletes, not just the stars.

Objectives

1. Create a community where fans, friends, and parents of high school athletes can connect with their hometown heroes.
2. Enhance high school student athletes’ exposure in order to improve their chances of getting recognized and recruited by collegiate athletic programs.
3. Save high school coaches time by providing them with the tools to help their players connect with college coaches.
4. Provide a valuable resource for college recruiters. Even smaller programs with limited budgets will be able to search for athletes that meet their criteria, in seconds. This truly will allow programs to find players that might otherwise have been overlooked.

Mission

PrepChamps’ fundamental objective is to become the nation’s top high school recruiting website. Our goal is to revolutionize the high school sports recruiting industry by providing a technology platform that will help student athletes get recognized and recruited and college coaches find the best talent.

Vision

Our focus is to help high school student athletes realize their dreams. Recruiting 2.0 is about connecting athletes with opportunity. PrepChamps will strive to become the nation’s leading high school sports recruiting, video-based social networking platform. Our commitment to excellence is based on the premise that we will provide a truly unique service. PrepChamps is fueled by the principal of serving, in fact accelerating, this new standard in the high school recruiting industry.

Why Should You Use PrepChamps?

Athletes:

1. Our service IS FREE, no subscription IS necessary.
2. PrepChamps improves your chances of recruitment by collegiate athletic programs.
3. Share your photos and sports video.
4. Avoid paying recruiting companies to enhance your exposure.
5. Increase your exposure to college athletic programs.
6. Enhances your exposure at all collegiate levels (Division I, IAA, II, and III).
7. PrepChamps is available to all high school athletes, not just the stars.

High School Coaches:

1. PrepChamps provides coaches with the tools to connect players with college coaches.
2. We save you time. Avoid editing and distributing player video to universities.
3. You can now direct universities to the website for athlete information.

College Recruiters:

1. Set up your own recruiting profile.
2. Free access to profiles, videos, and contact information for all athletes.
3. Target, track, and save player profiles.
4. Find the athletes that best fit your program.
5. Smaller programs with limited budgets now have the same tools as large universities.

Fans:

1. Fans, friends, and parents can register for free.
2. Track the progress of your favorite players and teams, check profiles of players, view videos and photos, post comments and add ratings.
3. Use the community forum to discuss players, teams, and games.

Advertisers:

1. Tap into a powerful teen demographic.
2. Market not limited to teens.
3. Hit a very wide population, across ages and income brackets.