what is ncsa

NCSA stands for Next College Student Athlete, which is a for-profit organization that connects middle and high school student-athletes with college coaches. NCSA is the largest college athletic recruiting platform, with over 35,000 college coaches using NCSA to find athletes across 35 sports. NCSA teaches middle and high school student-athletes about the college recruiting process and offers a range of services to help student-athletes find the right college program for their academic and athletic goals. The NCSA platform has a data-driven approach to matching student-athletes to schools where they have the best chances of getting recruited. NCSA offers a suite of online college recruiting tools and resources that student-athletes can use to create a recruiting profile, highlight their athletic abilities, and email coaches from their Message Center. NCSA has over 1,100 experts, mostly former college athletes and coaches, who help student-athletes and their families navigate the college recruiting process. NCSA has different membership levels with varying costs, which include features such as full access to their digital product, online recruiting classes, inputting favorite colleges and seeing match analysis, professionally edited highlight videos, improved search ranking, live support seven days a week, and more.