Written by the director of basketball operations at Southern Illinois University (who also played at Illinois and assisted at Kansas), GO GET THAT SCHOLARSHIP! helps high school basketball players and their parents navigate the often stressful and confusing process of securing a college basketball scholarship. Filled with interesting anecdotes, indispensible lists (“The Six Things You Have to Ask a Coach”), tips on everything from highlight videos to walk-on tryouts -- even a college basketball preparation checklist -- this honest, revealing and downright funny book tells high school players, their parents and general college basketball fans what college basketball recruiting is REALLY like. "In Go Get That Scholarship! , Nate Mast and Shawn Donnelly have written a terrific guide to the confusing and emotional recruiting process that most people only go through once, if at all. It provides outstanding practical advice to help any aspiring scholarship athletes and their families. With this guide, you'll feel like a veteran of the process." --Jay Bilas, ESPN Basketball Analyst " Go Get That Scholarship! is the most comprehensive guide to understanding the entire process of getting the opportunity to play college basketball. It is a must for any high school player and their parents. Nate Mast and Shawn Donnelly have laid out the 'blueprint' for getting college coaches to take notice of you." --Fran Fraschilla, ESPN Basketball Analyst " Go Get That Scholarship! is a great, great book. Packed with tons of useful info, along with a very readable and entertaining style, this book is a must-read for not just high school players, but also fans of college basketball. Excellent work by Nate Mast and Shawn Donnelly." --Bill Self, Head Basketball Coach, University of Kansas "Mast has an authoritative tone that comes naturally from his years of experience. Chapters like 'What Coaches Want' offer an insider's look at how coaches think and the criteria they use to evaluate players ... A must-read for anyone who is serious (or whose child is serious) about playing college hoops, and it doubles as an interesting take on the recruitment process for fans of the college game." -- Kirkus Reviews "A must-read." --Bill Self, Head Coach, University of Kansas Nate Mast is a former walk-on at the University of Illinois and the current Director of Basketball Operations at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. Previously, Mast was head men's basketball coach at Parkland College, an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and a basketball grad assistant at the University of Kansas. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois and a master's in architecture from the University of Kansas. Shawn Donnelly is a writer and editor in Brooklyn, New York. He has written for Esquire.com, Maxim , Men's Fitness , Muscle & Fitness , MadeMan.com and ESPN Rise . He is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Used Book in Good Condition