For my interview of a faculty member, I decided to interview
our pitching coach, and head recruiting coordinator, Coach McCavitt. The reason why I wanted to interview him was because
being a recruiting coordinator, he constantly has to use technology to not only
scout kids, but to also get in touch with them, as well as try and recruit them
to be future Matadors! I believe that he would be able to give me plenty of
insight in his use and beliefs in technology, and this was exactly what he did.
The problem that Coach McCavitt said ran into with technology was never being
able to actually meet and interact with these recruits, that is unless these
athletes come on an official visit. I asked him how many athletes actually came
on official visits, and he said that out of about every fifteen kids that he
talks to, only about one will actually come and take a visit. When asked if he
thought technology was doing more harm than good to college students, he
disagreed. He said he loved being able to contact any of his current students
within seconds, as well as being able to check on recruits and future Matadors
to see how they are doing. He believes
that this technology is a great thing and something he wishes would have been
as advanced as it is now when he was college.
He believes that us as college students have it very easy with the
technology that is now presented to us and believes that this technology is
giving us every reason to succeed.
The pitching staff and coaches with pitching guru, Mr. Jager!
How the University of Wyoming uses technology to connect with recruits.
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