Helping Student Athletes Realize Their Dreams

“If you don’t have the time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” –John Wooden

Currently working with high school student-athletes in 5 countries and 17 states.

  • Over 750 Student-Athletes

  • 98% Success Rate

  • 20 Different Sports

  • Over 420 colleges and universities

  • 97% Of our Athletes reach their athletic and academic goals

  • 91.5% are graduating from their first-choice school

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Advocates for Athletes (A4A) is a hands-on consulting and coaching business created to help educate and guide student-athletes and their families in pursuing a college athletic scholarship and/or admission to a school of their choice because of their sport.

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Athletic Training

Athletic Assessment to Determine Level of Athletic Ability.

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Education and Assistance on Marketing the Student.

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What Our Clients Are Saying


  • Thank you for everything you have done for me to get to this position. I would not be here without your guidance and vision for my mission. Also, thank you for your constant belief that I could go play college football as a QB and I am officially going to be able to make my dream/mission come true. Truly grateful! Again, thank you for everything you have done for me!



    Thank you for everything you have done for me to get to this position. I would not be here without your guidance and vision for my mission. Also, thank you for your constant belief that I could go play college football as a QB and I am officially going to be able to make my dream/mission come true. Truly grateful! Again, thank you for everything you have done for me!


    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
    Kyle Reid

  • "Navigating the student athlete college recruiting path can be a daunting and confusing process. We were fortunate to have A4A's services to help with this process for our daughter who plays soccer. Steve was very professional and extremely flexible in working one-on-one directly with our daughter, while keeping us abreast of current activities. Steve was also extremely helpful in the final stages of discussions and negotiations with the top schools on our list. The process was ultimately successful in that we had several options available for our daughter to play soccer in college at both the Division I and Division II level. I would recommend A4A's services for anyone looking to get professional guidance and assistance with the recruiting and college selection process."

    "Navigating the student athlete college recruiting path can be a daunting and confusing process. We were fortunate to have A4A's services to help with this process for our daughter who plays soccer. Steve was very professional and extremely flexible in working one-on-one directly with our daughter, while keeping us abreast of current activities. Steve was also extremely helpful in the final stages of discussions and negotiations with the top schools on our list. The process was ultimately successful in that we had several options available for our daughter to play soccer in college at both the Division I and Division II level. I would recommend A4A's services for anyone looking to get professional guidance and assistance with the recruiting and college selection process."

    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
    John and Kim Miller

  • University, football: "Working with Nick throughout Shane's recruiting process has been incredibly pleasant and helpful. Nick was organized and thorough, and always prepared with our next steps as well as answers to any questions that we had. We are so grateful, Nick was able to help find the best fit both academically and athletically for our son. Nick was always available via phone, facetime, text or in person and I would highly recommend him to any athletes and parents going through this process. He's a great guy to work with and he did a wonderful job. Thanks Nick!"

    University, football: "Working with Nick throughout Shane's recruiting process has been incredibly pleasant and helpful. Nick was organized and thorough, and always prepared with our next steps as well as answers to any questions that we had. We are so grateful, Nick was able to help find the best fit both academically and athletically for our son. Nick was always available via phone, facetime, text or in person and I would highly recommend him to any athletes and parents going through this process. He's a great guy to work with and he did a wonderful job. Thanks Nick!"

    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
    Nick Grieves
    Robert & Debbie Modena, parents of Shane Modena; Whitworth

  • "Steve, you created a program that puts ownership on the student combined with personalized one on one training in very important areas that go beyond the sport, serving the student well after their time with A4A has passed. I’m referring to organization, research, casting the net, preparation, interviewing, and even things like physical appearance and body language. It works. It was you who told Megan she should consider Carnegie Mellon as one of her possible schools. It was your program that assisted her in navigating that entire process. She played soccer all 4 years at CMU, made lifelong friendships, and just recently completed her career goal and is now Dr. Megan Bartoshuk. Wishing you and your team continued success."

    "Steve, you created a program that puts ownership on the student combined with personalized one on one training in very important areas that go beyond the sport, serving the student well after their time with A4A has passed. I’m referring to organization, research, casting the net, preparation, interviewing, and even things like physical appearance and body language. It works. It was you who told Megan she should consider Carnegie Mellon as one of her possible schools. It was your program that assisted her in navigating that entire process. She played soccer all 4 years at CMU, made lifelong friendships, and just recently completed her career goal and is now Dr. Megan Bartoshuk. Wishing you and your team continued success."

    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
    Barbara Bartoshuk

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A4A has athletes at over 440 different colleges and universities across the country

  • Harvard University

  • University of Michigan

  • New York University

  • Indiana University

  • University of Southern California

  • Johns Hopkins University

  • The U.S. Naval Academy

  • Providence University

  • Princeton University

  • UCLA 

  • Santa Clara University

  • University of San Francisco

  • Villanova University

  • Syracuse University

  • Amherst University

  • Tulane University

  • Loyola Marymount University

  • Lewis and Clark University

  • Dominican University

  • Western State College of Colorado

  • U.C. Berkeley

  • U.C. Santa Barbara

  • Texas Christian University

  • University of Pacific

  • Dickinson University

  • Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

  • Gallaudet University

  • McAlester College

  • University of Chicago

  • Brown University

  • University of Utah

  • University of Nevada Reno

  • Cal Poly Pomona

  • Claremont McKenna College

  • Georgetown University

  • Carroll College

  • Tufts University

  • Chaminade University

  • Columbia University

  • Williams College

  • Kenyon College

  • U.C. Merced

  • U.C. Davis

  • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Pomona Pitzer University

  • Duquesne University

  • Southern Illinois University

  • Fresno State

  • Davidson University

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  • University of Arizona

  • Oberlin College

  • Stanford University

  • SMU

  • William Jessup University

  • University of Redlands

  • Notre Dame De Namur University

  • University of San Diego

  • University of Colorado at Boulder

  • Colorado College

  • Cal State East Bay University

  • Washington State University

  • Trinity College (Conn)

  • Leslie University

  • Willamette University

  • Rochester Polytechnic Institute

  • Cal State Dominguez Hills

  • Dennison University

  • U.C. Santa Cruz

  • Chapman University

  • Sacramento State

  • San Jose State University

  • University of Washington

  • Lafayette University

  • Arizona State University

  • Babson University

  • California Institute of Technology

  • Boston College

  • St. Mary's College

  • Wellesley College

  • Winthrop University