FieldLevel, Inc. is an athletic recruiting
social network.
Athlete
An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance.
Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...
s must be invited and by their current
coaches in order to be searchable in the
private database. College coaches have the option to search for athletes based on a number of different criteria, or can receive recommendations directly from high school and
junior college
A junior college (sometimes referred to colloquially as a juco, JuCo or JC) is a post-secondary educational institution offering vocational training designed to prepare students for either skilled trades and technical occupations and workers in su ...
coaches with which they are connected. FieldLevel is free for both athletes and coaches; it is not a formal "recruiting service," as determined by the
NCAA.
FieldLevel operates in 15 sports and has helped facilitate over 94,000 college commitments since 2013.
History
Founded in 2008 by Brenton Sullivan,
Kai Sato Kai Sato (born 1984) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, and author. He is the co-president and chief marketing officer of Crown Electrokinetics Corp., which is listed on Nasdaq. He is a fund advisor and the former entrepreneur-in-resid ...
, Cory Ducker, and Jeremy Weir, FieldLevel was the recipient of the "Best
Undergraduate Business Plan" from the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the
University of Southern California, and subsequently raised
seed capital funding from Reid Dennis, founder of
Institutional Venture Partners
Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) is a US-based private equity investment firm focusing on later-stage venture capital and growth equity investments. IVP is one of the oldest venture capital firms, founded in 1980.
History
While Reid W. Denn ...
(IVP).
In 2009, FieldLevel was hired by the University of Southern California as the primary
software provider for all athletic recruiting and
NCAA compliance. In 2012, the company expanded their private network into baseball, football, basketball, lacrosse, and soccer.
In 2015, FieldLevel expanded into women's
volleyball, its first female sport.
FieldLevel has since expanded and now allows athletes of 15 sports to get recruited, including:
# Baseball
# Softball
# Football
# Men's Basketball
# Women's Basketball
# Men's Lacrosse
# Women's Lacrosse
# Field Hockey
# Men's Soccer
# Women's Soccer
# Men's Volleyball
# Women's Volleyball
# Beach Volleyball
# Men's Water Polo
# Women's Water Polo
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