PREPSKILLS, JUMPFORWARD ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP
Strategic Agreement to Empower PREPSKILLS Students with Leading Online Athletic Recruiting Resources
Chicago, IL, December 15, 2009 - PREPSKILLS® (www.prepskills.com), Canada's Industry Leader in Admission Test Preparation and Skills Courses, and JumpForward (www.jumpforward.com), the leading American Sports Relationship Management (SRM) solutions provider, announced a joint partnership today.
JumpForward will provide PREPSKILLS® members with educational materials and online features to help successfully navigate the college recruiting process like no other online resource can.
PREPSKILLS® and JumpForward share the same mission-to inspire student-athletes to reach their full academic potential and to assist parents in navigating through the admissions process. JumpForward will help PREPSKILLS® to extend their mission to provide industry leading collegiate preparation to those student-athletes associated with JumpForward.
PREPSKILLS® is a Canada-wide leader in the provision of admission preparation services for students from grades K to 12 who are seeking entrance to private and independent schools and American universities. JumpForward provides online educational and communications tools that equip athletes and parents with the crucial knowledge they require to understand academic and amateur athletic eligibility rules, athletic tracking, athlete management, and communication with college coaches.
As part of this new partnership, JumpForward will provide PREPSKILLS® students with the Online Athletic Career Center, including the following tools:
- An online athletic résumé to market accomplishments with cutting-edge technology;
- A Sport Profile that allows athletes to showcase academic and athletic information and to upload video highlights, action shots, news links related to personal performance, and even a personal blog;
- JumpForward's NCAA Core Course Grade Tracking Worksheet, which allows athletes and parents to track, manage, and organize necessary NCAA core courses, and which performs the NCAA core course grade calculation that informs athletes and parents of the appropriate ACT or SAT score needed to gain admission;
- JumpForward's College Search Engine, which enables athletes and parents to search and save information related to more than 2,500 colleges and 50,000 college coaches
- JumpForward's Knowledge Center, which provides athletes and parents with a roadmap to navigate eligibility rules, differing athletic affiliations, athletic scholarships, and much more;
- JumpForward's Communications Center,which empowers athletes to manage, track, and organize e-mail and phone communication with college coaches;
- JumpForward's Recruiting Communications Calendar,which highlights important communication periods between athletes and college coaches, helping to prevent rule violations and inappropriate management of athletes.
"We are proud to be partnering with PREPSKILLS®," says JumpForward President Brian Duggan. "Together we have a greater opportunity to empower student-athletes and parents to take control of the athletic recruiting and communications process."
"Even the most outstanding Canadian student-athletes need a knowledgeable guide to walk them through the recruitment and admissions process," says PREPSKILLS® Founder and President Joanna Severino. "PREPSKILLS® is proud to work with JumpForward to help prospective applicants match their academic and athletic credentials with the best possible college 'fit.'
About JumpForward
Headquartered in Chicago, IL, JumpForward is a team of former NCAA and NAIA athletes and former NCAA college coaches who are dedicated to leveraging the power of the Internet to deliver one of the most innovative, on-demand sport-relationship-management (SRM) solutions designed specifically for student-athletes, parents, high school athletic directors, club teams, and college coaches. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.jumpforward.com
About PREPSKILLS®
PREPSKILLS® is Canada's industry leader in admission test preparation and skills courses. Its mission is "to translate preparation into opportunity." By providing the highest quality preparatory learning experiences to maximize individual potential, PREPSKILLS® imparts leadership skills and lessons in life-long learning to students to help them succeed. For more information regarding SAT/PSAT/ACT and SAT Subject Test preparation, please visit the company's website at www.prepskills.com
