Tom Kovic joined January 2008

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Tom Kovic

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Tom Kovic is founder and director of Victory Collegiate Consulting. VCC is an educational service that advises parents and athletes in proactive preparation for the college athletics recruiting process. Tom has delivered over 300 presentations and seminars to nearly two thousand participants since July, 2006. In addition, he consults with individual families in developing and executing personal plans for the college quest.

Tom is the author of "Reaching for Excellence" an educational guide for college athletics recruiting. In addition, he is a monthly contributor to several online magazines and professional organizations in the areas of college recruitment and youth leadership. He is an active member of USA Gymnastics, The National Association for College Admission Counseling, The Western Association for College Admissions Counseling and US Lacrosse.

In 19 seasons as head coach of Gymnastics at The University of Pennsylvania, Tom Kovic led the Quakers to 8 Ivy League Team Championships (’91. ’92, ’94, 97, ’98, ’99, ’00, ’04) and 2 Eastern Conference Team Titles (’98, ’04). To date, Penn Gymnastics is the only Ivy League team to win four consecutive Ivy team titles as well as the only Ivy program to win the ECAC Team Championship. Subsequently, Coach Kovic was named ECAC coach of the year twice (’94, ’97) while being honored as NCAA regional coach of the year in 2004. Tom Kovic coached 34 individual Ivy League Champions, 8 ECAC Champions, 4 NCAA and 3 ECAC athletes of the year as well as over 160 NCAA Academic All-Americans. Kovic was a relentless recruiter and recognized nationwide by his colleagues for his success in recruiting standout student-athletes to Penn.

Kovic resides in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania with his wife Jennifer and their daughter Hannah.

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    New Article: Striking the Balance in Communication with College Coaches

    Effective communication between the family and college coaches can be a critical component to the final choice in the college search...

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    Tom-
    I have found over the past month or so that I write best when I allow my heart to lead my head. Please check out my latest, I would be interested in any feedback you may have, or even anyone who would make your team. Thanks

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/167828-the-baseball-players-i-root-for

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  • Zander Freund said...

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    Hey Tom,

    I just wanted to let you know that Bleacher Report has launched out of beta with an updated look and feel and some great new features. Check out the "Game On" link in the header to find out more.

    Next week we'll be launching the site to the world with some public announcements—and it'd be great to get a contribution from you between now and Tuesday to make Bleacher Report's launch a success.

    Let me know if you need any help with ideas or have questions. Have a great weekend Tom!

    Zander

    657 days ago

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