Knowledge, Empowerment, Choice

Victory Collegiate Consulting was founded by Tom Kovic and launched in 2006. After nineteen years of college coaching experience, Kovic realized a need to assist families, coaches and prospects in building and executing personal plans that will help them navigate the college athletics recruiting process with confidence. Through individual family advisement, the goal of Victory is to provide prospects and families with robust and sound advisement that will give them the best chance in finding the "right" college match.

"These are four of the most important years in the lives of our children in that it will help shape their personal character and provide them with professional direction for the rest of their lives. The goal of VCC is to assist families in developing a strong working knowledge of the recruiting process, and help them navigate this experience with detailed planning, self reliance and great confidence. VCC thinks outside the box. Our goal is not to help prepare student-athletes for the next four years, we want to help them with direction for the next Forty years."

 -Tom Kovic

Vibrant Engagement

Without proper planning and tangible time-lines, preparation for the college search for athletes can be a very exciting, but daunting task . The college athletic experience provides student-athletes with the opportunity to excel in their sport of expertise, while growing an educational foundation that will create vast potential for future career advancement. The competition for athletic scholarships and support in admissions is tremendous and it is our belief that a well educated, personal and carefully directed approach will help position prospective student-athletes best, as they navigate the college quest. Simply stated, we want to connect with each family's sense of self, commit to an intrepid approach and assure them we will be with them every step of the way.

Below are examples of focus areas we will target as it pertains to the college search:

• Understanding NCAA rules: A foundation for your Recruiting Plan
• Personal assessment and evaluation: Determine the starting point
• NCAA Eligibility Center/ Academic Requirements
• Contacts and Evaluations: Getting on the radar screen of the college coaches
• Effective personal communication with college coaches: Cultivating strong relationships
• Building self-esteem and self-confidence. Understanding a unique process 
• Information: Timing, Delivery and Content. Preparing best for an important life choice 
• Athletic Scholarships: Positioning yourself best in a very competitive arena
• Financial Aid: Effective advice on helping position the family best to negotiate the srongest package
• College Visits: Preparation for important face to face contacts with coaches
• Ivy League and D-3 Admissions: The student-athlete and "special interest" in admissions
• Developing winning resumes, self promoting video and personal websites
• Individual planning and time-line development: " It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark!"
• Management and Organization: Dotting the I's and crossing the T's... "The Team Approach"

"Moving into my 6th year of college advisement for athletes, I am pleased with the positive effect an educational and caring approach has generated with the families I have had the privilege to counsel. As the company DNA evolves, I will remain committed to providing dedicated and personalized service to each family I advise. The VCC platform remains the same, where vibrant engagement is the operative component in assisting college prospects and families find the right match."   Tom Kovic President

Knowledge Is Power

If you are looking for an individualized, organized and knowledgeable approach to finding the "right college match" for your son and/or daughter, based on careful and systematic planning, then please read on. Each family is unique and they bring individual needs to the college search. Taking a savant approach and providing personal and expert family advisement is the touchstone of the Victory service and by developing an individual appreciation for each family and their personal needs, we promote a team effort that will assist prospects in reaching their college dreams.

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"I met Tom in August, and within days of working with him, my daughter's personal profile was complete. He looks at each athlete as an individual, and his ability to capture my daughter's personality and athletic ability helped make her approach to recruiting unique. By the middle of September, my daughter had visited 3 of her top choice colleges, and by the first week of October, she received a verbal commitment to attend. We owe this to Tom's team approach. Having been a college coach, he knows how college athletics works. He is an effective team leader for the athlete's "team" of parents, coaches, and high school counselor."

-Theresa Klass Bakersfield, Cc