http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/9ef6ef96a0614ab783a1923cb2904165 MSN - AP Sports Copyright © 2010-2018 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:44:05 +0000 http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/9ef6ef96a0614ab783a1923cb2904165/0ccea93a70604d85a5da77eb5bdb47fd On the heels of a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal, recruitment officials at a Connecticut university explain how the process of college admission works and the safe guards in place that should have caught any red flags. (March 14) 0ccea93a70604d85a5da77eb5bdb47fd Thu, 14 Mar 2019 05:31:26 +0000 RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY:AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST:ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLYFairfield, Connecticut – 13 March 2019++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY WHITE FLAS++++SOUNDBITES PARTIALLY COVERED BY VIDEO++ 1. Cover of Wayne Mazzoni's book on recruiting for college2. SOUNDBITE (English) Meghan Miller, Senior associate athletic director for compliance, Sacred Heart University:"A student athlete goes through the same process. The student athletes usually contact coaches in regard to interest levels of participation what level engaging the coaches on would they be a fit for the university from an academic standpoint an athletic standpoint." ++WHITE FLASH++3. SOUNDBITE (English) Meghan Miller, Senior associate athletic director for compliance, Sacred Heart University:"In the process you're talking about the different clubs and organizations you've participated on. The coaches should be looking at those contacting other coaches to find out their level of play. Engaging the student in regard to who they've competed against while they're in the recruitment process."4. Cover of booke5. SOUNDBITE (English) Meghan Miller, Senior associate athletic director for compliance, Sacred Heart University:Reporter: "What kind of influence as a coach have on the admission process."Miller:  "They shouldn't have influence in regard to it. You say this is a student that's interested in this sport. Here's their profile and then admissions takes it from there."6. Wayne Mazzoni, Pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Sacred Heart University in his office7. SOUNDBITE (English) Wayne Mazzoni, Pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Sacred Heart University:"Really it's just very simple admissions tells you what the next steps are if they say the person is not admitable. You move on to somebody else and if that person is admitable and then you find out how much financial aid. Now that doesn't mean the process is over. There's so many things we're going to bring the person in to meet."8. Sacred Heart University sports schedule on an office window9. Sacred Heart University baseball logo10. SOUNDBITE (English) Meghan Miller, Senior associate athletic director for compliance, Sacred Heart University:"From a student athlete perspective you have the NCAA that for student athletes they have to go through the NCAA to be certified at the Division 1 and Division 2 levels so all their educational documentation has to go through a certification process. So you have that. From a university standpoint you the student athlete or student has to sign off from an admissions standpoint saying that they're providing the right documentation." STORYLINE: On the heels of a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal, recruitment officials at a Connecticut university explain how the process of college admission works and the safe guards in place that should have caught any red flags. Meghan Miller, Senior associate athletic director for compliance at Sacred Heart University and Wayne Mazzoni the school's recruitment coordinator say coaches should not have any influence in the admission process. "A student and or a student athlete goes through the same process. The student athletes usually contact coaches in regards to interest levels of participation what level engaging the coaches on would they be a fit for the university from an academic standpoint an athletic standpoint," according to Miller. Mazzoni calls it a very "simple" process. "Admissions tells you what the next steps are, Mazzoni says. "If they say the person is not admitable. You move on to somebody else and if that person is admitable and then you find out how much financial aid. Now that doesn't mean the process is over. There's so many things we're going to bring the person in to meet and see if the kid wants to pick us. Many times we are really excited about this particular person and it just doesn't work out this many great schools and they pick somewhere else." STORYLINE: On the heels of a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal, recruitment officials at a Connecticut university explain how the process of college admission works and the safe guards in place that should have caught any red flags. Meghan Miller, Senior associate athletic director for compliance at Sacred Heart University and Wayne Mazzoni the school's recruitment coordinator say coaches should not have any influence in the admission process. "A student and or a student athlete goes through the same process. The student athletes usually contact coaches in regards to interest levels of participation what level engaging the coaches on would they be a fit for the university from an academic standpoint an athletic standpoint," according to Miller. Mazzoni calls it a very "simple" process. "Admissions tells you what the next steps are, Mazzoni says. "If they say the person is not admitable. You move on to somebody else and if that person is admitable and then you find out how much financial aid. Now that doesn't mean the process is over. There's so many things we're going to bring the person in to meet and see if the kid wants to pick us. Many times we are really excited about this particular person and it just doesn't work out this many great schools and they pick somewhere else." =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. On the heels of a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal, recruitment officials at a Connecticut university explain how the process of college admission works and the safe guards in place that should have caught any red flags. (March 14) Recruiters explain college admissions