Nicole was professional, efficient and ensured Dominic was exposed to college’s that would suit his personality, education standard and his tennis ability..Nicole was present at his tournaments, and was genuinely interested in ensuring Dom was college ready
We highly recommend engaging Nicole as a US college sports consultant. I felt confident in appointing Nicole due to the fact that she had been through the college system as a player and had spent 20 years as a college coach. Her experience and insight is unrivalled. Throughout Dom’s US college engagement, Nicole was professional, efficient and ensured Dominic was exposed to college’s that would suit his personality, education standard and his tennis ability. During the entire process, Nicole was present at his tournaments, and was genuinely interested in ensuring Dom was college ready. Dom is thrilled with his college placement and we look forward to watching him fulfill a childhood dream.
Melissa & Clark Anderson Queensland, Australia
We are grateful to Nicole & College Sport USA for explaining everything & walking us through this process with patience & diligence while encouraging our son’s independence.
Thank you, Nicole & College Sport USA!!!
When we met Nicole Kenneally from College Sport USA our son was 17 & in Year 12, competing at the Queensland School Sport State Tennis Championships 2021. At the time he was not a great student, found school boring & his grades were average. At that point he was a good competitive tennis player and believed the only future he saw for himself doing the sport he loves was being a broke tennis player living out of the boot of his car. He was sure employment would be terrible as not many bosses would be flexible enough for him to compete at tournaments. Convinced that was not how he wanted to live he planned to stop tennis & get a job.
However, after meeting Nicole & having initial conversations that centred around what he wanted to do with his life a relationship began that offered him choices which in turn gave him goals & direction. We could see that this was an excellent opportunity that could help him to improve his tennis along with his education. In fact, what it is doing is giving him time to explore his potential with tennis while studying & gaining valuable life lessons, skills, experience & further his education abroad at an affordable price. We are grateful to Nicole & College Sport USA for explaining everything & walking us through this process with patience & diligence while encouraging our son’s independence. College Sport USA provides an excellent avenue for all Aussie athletes to explore their potential and we highly recommend using CSUSA for providing that platform. Currently our son is enrolled in a Div 1 JUCO with the ambition to go on to a Div 1 College. Forever grateful!
Trish & Troy Dixon
Extremely efficient and responsive and displayed a genuine commitment to assisting Ruby in finding the best fit...Nicole truly cares about the student athletes
We have had the pleasure of working with Nicole to enable our daughter Ruby to pursue her dream of playing college tennis in the USA. Throughout the process, Nicole was extremely efficient and responsive and displayed a genuine commitment to assisting Ruby in finding the best fit. Her knowledge of USA college athletics is second to none, derived from her first hand experience as both a student athlete and long-term Division 1 coach. In addition to helping us navigate the college selection and enrolment process Nicole was, and remains, a fantastic support to our family. Nicole truly cares about the student athletes she works with and I cannot recommend her enough to anyone wanting to pursue a USA college athletics opportunity.
Trudy & Matt Fraser
Genuinely cares about everyone she works with, not only as an athlete, but as a person.
I was extremely fortunate to have Nicole from College Sports USA supporting me to pursue my college tennis dream. Nicole’s work is nothing short of professional and she genuinely cares about everyone she works with, not only as an athlete, but as a person. Her experience in the US college system was very beneficial when looking to find the right fit for me and my individual goals, both tennis and academically. Nicole goes above and beyond for her athletes and I honestly could not recommend her enough.
Ruby Fraser
Impressed with the professional service....attention to understanding Eric's specific needs...tremendous support all along the journey
From the moment we met through a referral from Eric’s coach at BBC , Andrew Rolph , we have been most impressed with the professional service you have delivered all along the way .
This included your attention to understanding Eric’s specific needs (ie preparation on a professional tennis pathway ) and the required balance on the strength of the program that would suit his talent ..the local environment of the college environment and critically the understanding of the head coach and his likely match up with Eric’s personality . Your involvement and assistance with the Official Visits enabled a good comparison and we all felt very comfortable in the end with Eric choosing University of Arizona . Clearly your personal connection to the respective college coaches and aligning that to Eric’s skill base and personality was key to success.
Eric has now arrived in a highly rated academic university with a very highly rated tennis program that will certainly give him the necessary challenge and skills base over the next few years to move on to the professional tennis pathway which is his primary goal . He has now completed his first 2 weeks, has settled in and very happy with the bonds he is building with teammates and coaches. Initial feedback from the Arizona university tennis coaches has been very positive.
Thanks again Nicole for the tremendous support all along the journey including the difficult US visa issues and I would be most happy to provide any further information to any prospective college parents on your services.
David & Maravic Padgham
Nicole combines empathy, experience and perspective in the advice she provided my son Alex during the college recruitment process. Her commitment and genuine interest in Alex’s wellbeing- along with helping him identify the attributes of each college and how they complimented Alex’s future goals - was invaluable.
The college search, recruiting and application process can be incredibly daunting for every student – and even more so for athletes. There are so many variables that have to be considered – especially in today’s world- and Nicole was a mentor, friend and trusted advisor that helped guide Alex through the entire process. Most importantly, Nicole quickly and intuitively identified Alex’s hesitations and was able to turn them into case studies in confidence building.
Eric Gordon
Her outside perspective with an unbiased assessment was invaluable. Nicole connected with our daughter in a manner that was kind, caring and professional. This helped our daughter find the right fit for her in college tennis. We are so thankful.
Coach Nicole Kenneally was a great navigator for a very complicated process for our daughter’s journey into college athletics. Due to her hands on the ground experience, she was able to provide a unique perspective on the coaching, the conferences, and culture. She understood the financial aspects of the decision making as well. She considered different aspects of the decision-making process that we had not thought of. Her outside perspective with an unbiased assessment was invaluable. Nicole connected with our daughter in a manner that was kind, caring and professional. This helped our daughter find the right fit for her in college tennis. We are so thankful.
Ann & Tony Pearson
She was calm and level headed, especially when I needed her to be. When choosing my top school, Coach Kenneally gave me confidence in my choice and has supported me throughout my entire tennis career.
Coach Kenneally helped me narrow down my college options and offered unique insight on aspects of each school. She was calm and level headed, especially when I needed her to be. When choosing my top school, Coach Kenneally gave me confidence in my choice and has supported me throughout my entire tennis career.
Sophie Pearson
Nicole brings passion and experience that can only come from 19 years coaching div 1 NCAA. She helped Grace through all the twists and turns of the process but also is a mentor both on and off the court.
The experience of helping our daughter (Grace) to navigate the challenging journey to become a student athlete in the NCAA has taught us a few lessons but none more important than to immediately get an experienced person to assist you. From the moment we asked Nicole to join the team everything changed. Nicole brings passion and experience that can only come from 19 years coaching div 1 NCAA. She helped Grace through all the twists and turns of the process but also is a mentor both on and off the court. Nicole was absolutely key to Grace being accepted at the wonderful college she will attend in fall 2021.
Marc Thomas
Throughout the journey, Nicole helped me through countless decisions and ‘checkboxes’, and I have felt so grateful to have had her – not only as a source of guidance through every email and call, but as someone who has vouched for me every step of the way.
Throughout high school, I had always considered the American college pathway as a viable option to pursue both my academics and tennis post-graduation. So, at the end of my senior year, I sent out emails (complete with video and resume) to numerous college coaches. It is safe to say I had very limited success. It was after a couple months that I began working with Nicole Kenneally at CSUSA, and, throughout this whole process, that is undoubtedly the best decision I made. Within several days, Nicole had gotten me in contact with a number of coaches, and it was super exciting! I mainly felt relieved that my college search was in good hands – particularly after those weeks with no response when I attempted the process on my own. Throughout the journey, Nicole helped me through countless decisions and ‘checkboxes’, and I have felt so grateful to have had her – not only as a source of guidance through every email and call, but as someone who has vouched for me every step of the way. I’m super, super excited to have signed with the team at the University of Texas at Austin, who are currently in the Final 4 at this year’s NCAAs. The opportunity at this school almost feels too good to be true and I cannot wait to get over there and meet the team. Thank you so much for everything, Nicole!