Duke Recruitment: Fact or Fiction

illustration of basketball player beside hand signing contract

Steve Park, Trey Brown, Talia Roth, Melissa Sandoval Mullis, Clayton Finney

Spring 2022

The term recruitment refers to the processes in which a college employee or representative invites a high school student-athlete to play sports for their school. Recruitment can take the form and occur in many ways like face-to-face contact, phone class or texting, through mailed/email, or through social media. It’s important to remember that no athlete’s recruiting process looks the same. Some athletes start the recruiting process much earlier than others, and it really depends on the sport that the athlete plays.

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