The questions
families ask first.

We evaluate where you stand, then put you in front of US college coaches and run the process that follows. In practice that means a recruiting profile and highlight video built by our own media team, direct outreach to programs where your level, academics and budget genuinely fit, support through the offer and the scholarship conversation, and then the paperwork - eligibility, enrollment, the I-20 and the visa appointment. When you land, your local team stays connected with our college-side support.

At colleges across the USA and Canada. Our Results page combines published athlete profiles with a public historical placement log. Profile cards use full names and link to the athlete profile; archive cards use the shortened name recorded in the historical log. Incomplete records are left off rather than shown half-finished.

No. We do not promise a specific college or a specific scholarship before we know your level, because the roster decision belongs to the coach and no one outside the program controls it. What you get instead is a clear read on what is realistic for you - and when the answer is not yet, you get that answer with the reason and with what would change it.

Good enough for one of the levels - and there are more levels than most families expect. US college sport runs from NCAA Division I through Division II and Division III, the NAIA, and the junior colleges, and programs at every one of them recruit each season. Working out which of them fits you is exactly what the first evaluation is for, which is why it comes before anything else.

NCAA Division I, II and III, the NAIA, and the junior colleges of the NJCAA. Athletes we work with also go to CCCAA programs in California and to U Sports universities in Canada. Which of them is right for you follows from your level, your grades and your budget rather than from ambition alone.

The first evaluation costs you nothing. Beyond that, Athletes USA is paid a placement fee, and what that looks like in your case comes from a conversation with you rather than from a price list on a website - before anyone has seen your level, a number would only be a guess. If the evaluation says a scholarship is not realistic for you right now, we tell you that, and you have spent nothing to find out.

That varies by sport, by division and by program: some awards cover most of the cost of attendance and others cover a part of it. Anyone quoting you a percentage before seeing your level and your grades is guessing. Which range is realistic for you is one of the questions the evaluation answers, and the scholarship conversation with a program is one we sit in on with you.

Not automatically - but this is the part where old advice has stopped being reliable, because the rule itself changed in 2026. NCAA Divisions I and II now run a five-year eligibility period that starts at the earlier of two events: the first time you enroll full time at any college or university, or the start of the academic year following your 19th birthday. It is a rule about when your clock starts, not a cut-off age. The NCAA Eligibility Center certifies each athlete's period individually for anyone first enrolling from fall 2026, and for 2026-27 schools apply whichever of the old and new models works out better for that athlete. The NAIA and the junior colleges legislate separately. Because a general answer is worth very little here, send us your date of birth and your study history and we will work your case through rather than guess at it.

It can, and it is worth asking before you enroll rather than after. Under the NCAA's age-based model the eligibility clock starts at the earlier of the birthday trigger or your first full-time enrollment at any college or university - and the NCAA states that this includes institutions outside the United States and junior colleges. How one particular European institution is treated is a question for the NCAA Eligibility Center, which certifies each athlete's period of eligibility, and it is a question worth putting to them before you register for a semester rather than after. Bring us your enrollment dates and we will take it through with you.

In some form, usually yes - the requirements differ by division and by university, and which tests you need is part of your recruiting plan rather than something to work out alone. Preparation for both is included in what we do with you, and the timing is planned around your season so a test date does not collide with the part of the year coaches are watching.

From the first evaluation to your first day on campus usually takes 12 to 18 months. It can move faster. The earlier you start, the more of the process stays open to you - there is room to sit a test date more than once, and more programs still have their roster and their scholarship budget for that year unspent.

You get an email back with a clear read: which US divisions are realistic for your level, and what the sensible next steps are. If the answer is not yet, we say that too, and we say what would change it. Sending the form commits you to nothing - it is how the conversation starts, not a registration.

At this stage, to an evaluation and nothing beyond it. Your child sends the form, we reply by email with a read on which divisions are realistic, and you decide together whether there is a reason to keep going. Parents stay part of this the whole way through: a decision that involves money, distance and four years abroad is a family decision, and we would rather have you in the conversation from the first call than brought in at the signature.

No. The advisor or local team that helped you get there stays connected with our college-side support in the US. That continues through your studies - a transfer if it turns out to make sense, internships when you want them - and after graduation you are part of a network of the 3,000+ athletes placed since 2008.