Iowa Western Soccer Player Signs with CSM

On Wednesday afternoon, the CSM soccer office was the site of the signing of Courtney Pearcy, a forward and midfielder from Iowa Western Community College. Courtney is a current sophomore at IWCC and she has been an integral part of the phenomenal success of the IWCC soccer program. IWCC made it to the final game of the National Championship tournament for junior colleges in 2006 and 2007(unfortunately they came in second both years.) At nationals this year, Pearcy scored 2 goals to help IWCC make it to the championship game.

I'm very excited have Courtney as part of the team--I think she will make a great contribution to our fantastic tradition of success at CSM. She went to high school at Lewis Central in Council Bluffs with our current keeper Mandy Saar. As a matter of fact, Courtney's boyfriend (Luke) and Mandy's fiance (Billy) are very good friends.

We have a great start to our 2008 recruit class!

Recruiting Nebraska Soccer Players: CSM Soccer Coach Attends Great Workshop

Just got back from California where I attended the "Selling for Coaches" recruiting workshop. Dan Tudor, a recruiting "guru" gave us first-rate information that we can use to help us with our recruiting at the College of Saint Mary. Dan is a very knowledgeable individual and I learned a lot. It was very intense and I took a lot of notes. It will take me awhile to digest. I really believe my workshop experience will help us get a terrific 2008 recruiting class.

It was held at a place called "Coconut Joes" which was an island themed party room. One of the more humorous moments of the worshop was when one of the coaches (Lindsay) asked Dan if we could turn on the disco ball. He did. Dan did not disco dance (thank goodness) but we did finish the workshop "under the lights," so to speak.

A very practical piece given to us was a study Dan did called "Inside the Mind of Your College Prospects; a survey that really gets into the mind of what college recruits want and need. Useful, practical, wow. Fantastic job Dan!

See dantudor.com