The Top Recruit (Paperback)

Anthony "A-Train" Harrison is a recruiting expert based in Los Angeles, CA. The Top Recruit is a guideline to help student and parents on their journey to securing scholarships and opportunities for college. Harrison’s main goal is for every student athlete to be well rounded in education, character, and athletics. Harrison is no stranger to the football field; he is a former NCAA All-American. Harrison enjoyed playing his college years at Louisiana Tech University on a full scholarship. Harrison received his B.S. and Masters, and knew he wanted to continue to mentor and assist teens in the journey of becoming top student athletes. “Most families are uninformed about the recruiting process for a perspective college athlete. There are thousands of families that miss out on opportunities each year simply because they did not know,” said Harrison. “My goal is that every student-athlete that reads this book has a better chance at earning a college scholarship. Simply put I want to change the course of a young person’s life by educating them on the recruiting process and helping them earn a scholarship.”

Once going through the recruiting process himself as one of Texas top football recruits and athletes, Anthony Harrison decided to assist families with their student-athlete's recruiting process. Anthony received letters and phone calls from the top universities in America including: LSU, Miami, Notre Dame, Cal Berkeley, Northwestern, Brown, Columbia and Texas A&M to name a few. Using the methods in the book Anthony decided to accept a full scholarship to Louisiana Tech University home of legends such as: Terry Bradshaw, Karl Malone, Willie Roaf, Teresa Weatherspoon and the owners of Duck Dynasty to mention a few. Anthony chose Louisiana Tech over TCU, Baylor, Oklahoma State and Air Force. Upon graduating with a B.S. in Finance and a Master's Degree in Coaching & Athletic Administration Anthony began assisting several student-athletes with their recruiting process. Anthony noticed that there was something missing for those athletes and their families who wanted to play sports in college. Anthony wrote a how to guide known as The Top Recruit to assist families with their recruitment. The Top Recruit is a detailed perspective that covers the recruiting cycle from a recruiters, student-athlete and parent perspective. The expertise in the book comes from interviews from several collegiate athletes, college coaches and student-athletes. Recently Anthony also coached at Episcopal High School the home of two 5 star recruits. Anthony has professional relationships with coaches from the Big Ten, Big 12, SEC, ACC, Pac 12, Ivy League and Division 2 & 3 schools. Their expert opinion and conversations are paraphrased throughout the book. Anthony has also trained, coached and mentored over 1000 student-athletes with some of his athletes receiving scholarship offers from LSU, Ole Miss, Indiana, Cal Berkeley, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, TCU, Baylor, and Nebraska to name a few. Anthony has also drew content from his peers while also recalling conversation throughout training sessions with some of the best professional athletes in the world.