A look at what’s to come
Over the next few weeks I will be working on my digital story assignment.
The assignment will be trying to answer one question.
Does the college/ university recruitment process provide a viable option for high school students to obtain a post secondary degree?
I will be writing a wide variety of feature stories and profiles around this topic as well as provide video and audio content.
I will go in-depth on the Loyalist College recruitment process by providing information from both the college’s side and the athlete’s side.
I will profile athletes who were recruited from local high schools, such as current Loyalist Lancer basketball player Jenni Thompson.
The college and university processes will be compared against each other to see how similar they are.
I will also try and look at the Canadian (CIS) recruitment process compared to the American (NCAA) recruitment process.
Some features will look at people who benefitted from the process and were able to gain a degree that helped them in their life after sports.
Mike Botterill grew up in Belleville. He played his high school football in Belleville and was eventually recruited to play CIS University football for McMaster in Hamilton. From there Mike was able to obtain a post-secondary degree in business as well as get drafted into the CFL. After seven seasons in the CFL with four different teams Mike came back to Belleville and is now an owner of the BelleVegas Boardroom.
I hope to profile Mike and his journey through sporting world and the transition into the business world.
These are just some of the stories that will be included in this assignment. The stories will eventually be combined into a website and posted in the middle of February.
If anyone has any possible story ideas or information on the recruitment process please feel free to comment below.
