Luke Baker makes flying start at Dayton - Tuesday 19 August, 2008 One of Sports-eds most exciting prospects of 2008 has made an oustanding start at D1 school Dayton University. Luke scored on his debut against Kentucky and has made an excellent start to the program. Luke was part of the February 2008 squad to North Carolina catchin the eye of a number of coaches. He was one of many extremely talented Sports-ed players to begin their USA soccer careers in the fall of 2008. Coach Jody Caudwell said "Last years crop of players have done extremely well and secured themselves some excellent scholarship funding on top soccer programs. We are excited about this years bunch who are showing great promise in training for the up and coming squad trips" For more information about our current players available for fall 2009 and to become part of the sports-ed program please email jodycaudwell@sports-ed.com. More Prospective student/athletes join Sports-ed - Friday 20 June, 2008 Sports-ed has been busy over the last few weeks securing the commitments of the following athletes on to its Sports Programs for 2009. James Jordan- M Soccer Stuart Bryant- M Soccer James Belshaw- M Soccer Hadi Driss- M Soccer Ahmed Sallam- M Soccer Sahal Ismail- M Soccer Sam Smith- M Soccer Paul Defriatas- M Soccer John Hunter- M Soccer Craig Cosby- M Soccer Paul Partingdon- M Soccer Josh Phillipson- M Soccer Ayanelle Abdull- M Soccer Tony Wakeford- M Soccer Brijesh Lala- M Soccer Kyle Thompson- M Soccer Naomi Feltham- W Soccer KJ Blanco- W Soccer Trish Hamilton- W Soccer Claire Hamilton W Soccer Jason Whitbread- M Golf Danny Beresford- M Golf Peter McNally- M Golf Alison Jones- W Golf Etenesh Samuels- W Athletics Sports-ed looks forward to working with these talented student athletes over the coming months. Jody Caudwell, Head Sports Consultant at Sports-ed said "We have been very busy over the past few weeks meeting with families, securing their children's futures for the next few years. We cannot stress enough that it is very important that we get the maximum preparation time to allow successful results for placement in the USA. We deal with a vast amount of universities in the USA, having now seen over 800 athletes successfully gaining places in the USA higher education system. Our experience makes us the market leader in England, the more time we have with each athlete, the more options and better results can be obtained" College Coaches for more information about the above athletes please email info@sports-ed.com Ben Warner joins Sports-ed's Basketball Scholarship Program - Friday 20 June, 2008 Ben Warner has taken a position within Sports-ed and will be involved mostly within our Basketball Scholarship Programs. Ben a former Basketball College athlete in the USA will be responsible for recruitment and working with atheletes to find the best placement possible state-side. Ben can be emailed at benwarner@sports-ed.com Sports-ed Soccer Program Player Nathan Brown joins Lee University - Wednesday 14 May, 2008 Nathan Brown shows the importance and the progression routes of going to Junior College in the USA. Madisonville, Tenn. - Needing to replace five starters off last year team that was ranked as high as fourth in the NAIA poll, Lee University soccer coach Henry Moyo feels he may have fill one of those voids with the recent signing of Nathan Brown out of Hiwassee College. “We hope Nathan will be able to fill one of the spot we have open at forward,” coach Moyo commented. “He’s very quick and an aggressive player that should do very well for us.” The Wolverhampton, England, native netted 16 goals and dished off six assists to lead Hiwassee, which was ranked 16th in the NJCAA national poll at one point last season. The Tigers won the NJCCAA Region VII title, but had their season come to an end in the Southeast Championship when they fell 3-0 to No. 1 ranked Georgia Perimeter (19-0-2), which was on a march to the national championship game. “Nathan has a very strong work ethic and is very good with the ball,” Hiwassee coach Walter Liszinki expressed. “When he gets the ball, he expects to score. He is a very good finisher and is almost unstoppable.” After playing for his high school, Brown moved on to represent his county and play on the youth club level in the Willehalltown TNS-FC. “He also played for the Welsh Academy,” fellow Brit Chris Walker, a student assistant coach with Lee, explained. “I”m looking forward to getting to play for Coach Moyo and Lee,” Brown stated. “They have a very good program and I’m glad to get this chance.” The Flames finish last season with a 16-5-3 record and ranked 17th in the final NAIA poll after falling to Berry College in the SSAC championship match and Auburn University Montgomery in the Region XIII final. The Flames must replace forward Ricardo Pierre-Louis, the 2007 Brine-NAIA National Men’s Soccer Player of the Year. The three-time NAIA First Team All-America honoree finished the year with 29 goals, despite missing almost a month with a leg injury. He holds the season-scoring record (33) and career scoring mark (101) at Lee. Also gone is fellow first-team All-American midfielder Stanley Nyazamba, who combined with Pierre-Louis to lead the Flames to 53 wins and two appearances in the NAIA National Tournament over the past three years. Nyazamba also broke Lee’s season and career assist records. Pierre-Louis was taken by the Columbus Crew in the second round (22nd pick overall) in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft, while Nyazamba was drafted by the Detroit Ignition in the second round of the 2008 Major Indoor Soccer League College Draft. Nyazamba recently signed with the Richmond Kickers of the USSF. He played a stint with the Cape Cod Crusaders of the Premier Development League (PDL). Sports-ed Placements Fall 08 - Tuesday 13 May, 2008 Sports-ed over the course of the next few months will be announcing its College Commitments for fall 2008. Many athletes will begin their College Careers out in the USA and its is very exciting times for these young men and women, keep checking the news section for more updates. Stephanie Bradshaw: University of Northern Alabama- Women’s Soccer Chris Fox: Auburn University- Men’s Swimming Jordan Leeming: University in California- Men’s Soccer Stuart Kirk: University in California- Men’s Soccer Aaron Weldon: University in North Carolina- Men’s Soccer Jack Reid: University in North Carolina- Men's Soccer James Burke: University in North Carolina- Men's Soccer Luke Baker: University in Ohio- Men's Soccer Kai Sanders: University in Tennessee- Men's Soccer Craig Davies: University in California- Men's Soccer Danny Molineaux: University in California- Men's Soccer Mike Mcglaughlin: University in Ohio- Men's Soccer Kash Siddiqi: University in South Carolina- Men's Soccer Ryan Valentine: HS in North Carolina- Men's Soccer Jack Ward: HS in North Carolina- Men's Soccer Luke Winfield: University in North Carolina- Men's Soccer Jack Binns: University in Kentucky- Men's Soccer Josh Corker: University in Georgia- Men's Soccer Adam Fussell: University in Ohio- Men's Soccer Robert Cook: University in North Carolina- Men's Soccer Elizabeth Over: University in Florida- Women's Golf Gemma Hardie: University in Arkansas- Women's Golf Rob McDonald: University in Minnessota- Men's Soccer and Ice Hockey Neale Goodeve: University in Missouri- Men's Soccer Shane McKay: University in Georgia- Men's Soccer Lee Rutter: University in North Carolina- Men's Soccer Daniel Tongo: University in Illinois- Men's Soccer Robert Husbands: University in Georgia- Men's Soccer Max Pembleton: University in North Carolina- Men's Soccer Rachel Crooks: University in North Carolina- Women's Soccer Matt Zakrzewski: University in Florida (Spring Start)- Men's Golf Ben Radford: University in North Carolina- Men's Basketball Danny James: University in Iowa- Men's Soccer Dean Randall: University in Florida- Men's Soccer Sophia Digva: University in North Carolina- Women's Soccer Jan Roguszka: University in North Carolina- Men's Tennis Adam Andrews: University in California- Men's Golf Josh Bruce: Men's Ice Hockey James Allen: University in New York- Men's Soccer Marvin Hudson: University in North Carolina- Men's Soccer Robert Ritchie-Smith: University in Illinois- Men's Soccer Sam Reed: University In Minnesota- Men's Soccer Matt Ponde: University in North Carolina- Men's Soccer Daniel Smith: University in West Virginia- Men's Soccer Sam Hawkins: University in South Carolina- Men's Soccer Adam Gray: University in North Carolina- Men's Soccer Sports-ed launches Sports-ed USA and Sports-ed Scandinavia - Wednesday 27 December, 2006 Sports-ed will now have three branches operating worldwide. Sports-ed USA will launch its USA based offices in Atlanta, Georgia, USA in April 2007. Sports-ed Scandinavia, based in Steinker, Norway, will open in May 2007. Director of Sport Jamie Bennett commented "We are all very excited here at Sports-ed about the opening of our two new offices. It will allow us to create programs in other countries that will match our excellent scholarship programs we already have in place in the UK. We feel that there are many talented sportsmen and sportswomen out there that would benefit from our expertise in the Sports Scholarship environment and we aim to offer our clients the best academic/sports opportunities the US College system has to offer. Having bases in these three key locations will allow us to meet the high demands we set within our Sports Scholarship Programs" For more information about our two new offices please contact: Sports-ed USA -paulsmith@sports-ed.com Sports-ed Scandinavia -arildvisth@sports-ed.com Office Addresses will be available shortly.