The Making of a Student Athlete

In this comprehensive athletic recruiting and college selection guide, The Making of a Student-Athlete, Ray Lauenstein and Dave Galehouse dispel the myths surrounding the college athletic recruiting process and show how common assumptions can get in the way of your success.

The Making of A Student Athlete walks you through the steps involved in the recruiting process from researching programs, understanding athletic scholarships, evaluating financial aid options to contacting coaches, gaining exposure and making an informed decision as to the right program for you. Finally, The Making of a Student-Athlete helps you balance the rigors of athletics and academics by teaching you how to manage classes, games, and practices to become a successful student-athlete at any college level. Includes detailed information on NCAA rules and regulations, youth athletic training, college applications, and much more.

Ray Lauenstein
Ray is a respected writer and speaker on the topics of mental skills training and college recruiting. He holds a master of science degree in Sport Psychology from Florida State University and has worked with the FSU athletic department, the Houston Astros and many High School teams. He received an undergraduate degree from Hamilton College where he was captain of the baseball team and played football. As a coach his experience includes two seasons with the highly regarded Florida High Seminoles (Tallahassee), Little League, Babe Ruth, and several other youth and high school programs.

In 1997 Ray wrote and published Baseball: Playing Outside the Lines - A Guide for College Bound Baseball Players, their Parents and Coaches. In 2000 the book was revised and updated. Now, after 1,000 sales, the 2003-04 updated and revised edition will be available soon with more content and exciting, in-depth interviews.

Publications and organizations where his work has appeared include Golf Illustrated, The Boston Sports Journal, PONY Baseball, National High School Baseball Coaches Association, All-Stater Magazine, High Wired Sports Magazine, CityWide Sports Beat, Next Step Magazine, and Compusports Media.

His past works include The Athlete's Advisor Newsletter, a subscription based publication for high school athletic and guidance departments and several contributed articles. In 2001 he was the web producer for HighWiredSports.com, a national high school sports web site covering 60 markets via a network of 300 local sports writers that provided content for AOL.

Currently, Ray runs Athletesadvisor.com which provides educational information for parents & students regarding training, nutrition, college recruiting and has also authored over 100 articles on college recruiting, student athletics, and mental skills, and done extensive interviews with personal trainers at the professional & college level. In addition Ray consults privately for families in the middle of the college recruiting process.

David Galehouse
David is the founder of New England Interactive, which operates a variety of local and national sports-related websites. He has also written and published over 100 articles on such topics as the college recruiting and application process and life as a college athlete. David graduated from Fairfield University in Connecticut with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing.
David’s athletic experience spans over 25 years. In high school, he excelled as an athlete playing both varsity golf and baseball, gaining such titles as league MVP and was a 2-year member of the American Junior Golf Association. After spending a year at Rollins College, David transferred to Fairfield University where he walked on and became a starter and 2-year player for Fairfield’s Division 1 baseball team before retiring to manage and teach at a local baseball training facility.

After graduating from Fairfield, David worked as an advertising representative at Schoolsports magazine, a local high school athletic magazine in the Boston area. In 2001, David launched his own company, New England Interactive, which operates Varsityedge.com, a national website that provides information to parents, students, and coaches on the college athletic recruiting process, applying to college, life as a college athlete, financial aid information, and well as additional topics related to youth, high school, and college athletics.

David is also the Director of Internet Services for the Lexington Bl