JACK RENKENS

Founder and President

“The point I stress to parents and student-athletes is the need to be proactively open-minded throughout the discovery process of finding the right school. My message is very simple - It’s A Game, Know The Rules!”

When it comes to collegiate athletic recruiting, Jack Renkens has seen it all. From his days as a high school coach, administrator and teacher, through his time as a coach and athletic director at an award-winning NCAA Division II school, Jack has witnessed the recruiting game from all sides.

But it wasn't until his own daughter became a nationally recruited basketball player that he discovered not only how little most student-athletes and their families knew about the recruiting process, but also how many myths existed.

As a result, Jack founded Recruiting Realities, an organization dedicated to exploding the myths and presenting the realities of athletic recruiting to student-athletes, their families, coaches and school counselors. Jack's highly sought after program has been featured at thousands of schools across the United States, on numerous television, radio and web site programs and at sports camps from coast to coast.

Accomplishments:

Author of over 100 articles to National Publications

Weekly contributor to The Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper

Monthly contributor to Stack Magazine and California Newsline

Seven "Coach of the Year" honors

30+ High School, Junior and Senior College Championships

Three NCAA National Tournament Berths

NJCAA National Tournament Berth

NCAA Congressman

Four Consecutive Arizona Divisional Basketball Championships

Keys to the City and Proclamations of Excellence for Winslow, AZ and Worcester, MA

Two Illinois District Pride Awards

Two Kansas Basketball Coaches' Association Career Achievement Awards

Recruited and signed student-athletes from 42 states and two foreign countries

100% college graduation rate

Assumption College Presidential Citation for Excellence

Keynote Speaker at the Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Wisconsin Athletic Directors' Conferences

Nike A.D. of the Year Conference, Jacksonville, FL and Nike Coaches Clinic, Dallas, TX.