Northern Lights National Qualifier
April 19-21, 2008 ages 12's, 13, 16, 17, 18's.
April 25-27, 2008 ages 14's & 15's.
YES - We are using the UniversityAthlete.com Handheld Recruiting Software!
Times:
Play begins on the first day at 8:00 AM. Most teams conclude play by 4:00 PM on the last day. Finals conclude at approximately 4:00 PM on the last day.
Where:
The Northern Lights Qualifier main site will be the Minneapolis Convention Center. A map to the convention center may be found at the above link.
18's, 17's, & 16's Sites
We intend to play all teams at the convention center, however if demand exceeds capacity of the convention center we will be keeping the highest levels of the 18's, 17's, & 16's at the convention center. Any additional sites used will be posted at the Convention Center.
UniversityAthlete.com handheld Palm Recruiting Software
The Northern Lights Qualifier has partnered with UniversityAthlete.com to provide you the latest and best program for recruiting. The UniversityAthlete.com Recruiting Software operates on any handheld device using Palm OS 4.1 (or higher). Through this software, you will have complete tournament scheduling information, team rosters and player information and event updates. It allows you to flag players for evaluation, identify new players, rank and evaluate a player, make individual notes on each player and find the tournament schedule of all your marked prospects with the click of a button!
Registration Information
This year Universityathlete.com will be handling all registrations and payments for the recruiting software or for the paper copies. Please vist their website after the Christmas Holidays to sign up for the software.
Once you have registered for the tournament on the Universityathlete.com website, you will be able to download your software before the tournament even starts. This year updates will be available approximately every 10 minutes during the tournament. You can get your updates at the tournament site, or on the Universityathlete.com website at anytime.
The electronic recruiting package cost will be is $125 for the 1st weeked. You can sign up and pay for this directly with Universityathlete.com after the Christmas Holidays. For additional coaches from the same school the cost is $65.
The electronic recruiting package cost will be is $40 for the 2nd weeked, with no support on site and all downloads need to be done by you from the UA Internet website. You can sign up and pay for this directly with Universityathlete.com after the Christmas Holidays.
A non-electronic recruiting package is also available for the 1st weekend only. This is the traditional printed copy of the Player Recruiting guide and the paper schedule. This year the paper package will have no schedule updates issued. The cost for the non-electronic package is $100, once again you register/pay on the Universityathlete website. If you just show up at the tournament without pre registering & paying on the Universityathlete.com website we may be sold out.
Below is a table showing each of options you have available.
Below is a table showing each of options you have available. Contact UniversityAthlete.com for additional info.
| Recruiting Package Costs | ||||
| $125 $65 for second coach from same school ($40 for weekend 2 with no onsite support) |
$125 | $100 | $100 | |
| Registration Requirements | You must register with Universityathlete.com | You register at the tournament. | You must register with Universityathlete.com | You register at the tournament. |
| UniversityAthlete.com Recruiting software |
Handheld recruiting software is included and 7 days out from the tournament you can download all the recruiting software from UniversityAthlete.com | Handheld recruiting software is included and you will receive it only at the tournament. | None | None |
| Recruiting Guide (paper copy) | You will be able to download the Player information guide from the UniversityAthlete website 7 days before the tournament starts and print it out. | You will be able to download the Player information guide from the UniversityAthlete website after the tournament. | You will receive a printed copy of the Player Information Guide at the tournament. | You will receive a printed copy of the Player Information Guide at the tournament, if they are not sold out. |
| Schedule | The schedule will be loaded into your handheld at the tournament, and will also be available on the Universityathlete.com website. | The schedule will be loaded into your handheld at the tournament, and will also be available on the Universityathlete.com website. | The schedule will be posted on the interenet for you to print out. There are no paper schedules given out. | The schedule will be posted on the interenet for you to print out. There are no paper schedules given out. |
| Schedule updates | Schedule updates for your handheld will be available daily/hourly at the tournament. | Schedule updates for your handheld will be available daily/hourly at the tournament. | No schedule updates will be available. | No schedule updates will be available. |
To use the UniversityAthlete.com Handheld Software at any of the participating national tournaments you must be a subscribed volleyball program with UniversityAthlete.com in addition to registering with this tournament.
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For all college recruiting information please contact UniversityAthlete.com.