Preferred College Advising
Providing a fresh perspective to students and families with enthusiasm, wisdom and knowledge….20 years and counting!
Preferred College Advising collaborates, guides and mentors prospective student-athletes throughout their junior high and high school careers, with emphasis on the college recruiting and selection process. Being recruited can open the door to many opportunities, but the process may also be intimidating and stressful. It is difficult to feel confident knowing how and when to take each step and that’s why at PCA we take the necessary steps to prepare student-athletes and their families.. Preferred College Advising is the best when it comes to providing insight, accountability and resources so that you can embrace the process and feel confident as you explore your options.
Our story
Shane Reiser, a college placement consultant, is an expert in the world of junior and collegiate golf.
As a competitive athlete in multiple sports and a Senior Certified David Leadbetter/IMG Academy Golf Instructor (1998-2015), Shane has developed and shaped countless junior golfers into successful collegiate, amateur and professional players. Shane has placed over 600 student athletes into Universities across the United States. With his positive mind-set and ability to connect with his students, success is contagious.
Having coached and mentored junior golfers for over 22 Years, Shane has developed a process that works and achieves results. He will assist in forming a game plan that is critical to every student-athlete’s development, from competition strategy to communication skills. What sets him apart is his ability to make players better and believe their own abilities and dreams.
Originally from the small town of Turpin, Oklahoma, Shane understands the desire and hard work it takes to achieve a dream.
Shane recognizes the responsibility to foster a winning attitude in students. “I make sure my students know that they are never really as far away as they think they may be.”
Tracy Reiser, of Preferred College Advising, is a leading expert in the world of junior golf. Tracy has spent the last 27 years as a coach, a mentor, a program consultant and a director at a leading sports academy in the US.
Tracy grew up in the game. She is a 4-time AJGA champion, 2- time Rolex All-American and a 4 year letterman and Academic All-SEC member while at the University of Alabama, Tracy brings an unique perspective into her coaching and teaching.
After graduating from Alabama, Tracy joined David Leadbetter and became a trainee in his growing stable of golf instructors. She started her training under David and his senior staff at the Lake Nona Golf Course in Orlando, Fl and in the summer of 1995, was asked to take part in the newly formed DLGA Junior Academy in Bradenton, FL (now known as IMG Academy). It was during this summer, she realized the potential in growing the game and sharing her love of the game!
Alongside, Gary Gilchrist and a few other young instructors, they each saw the potential in what a Junior golf academy could offer the golf world. This was a new concept and as a team, embraced the idea that they could be the pioneers in changing junior golf instruction and training.
In the fall of 1995 they started with 4-6 academy students and within 10 years (with lots of development in training philosophies, travel around the world promoting the academy, and quick international success of their golfers) the academy grew to 210 students!
In 2005, she was appointed the Assistant Director role and worked tirelessly along side David Whelan to continue to offer the best in junior golf programming and training in the world.
Since the beginning, Tracy has had the opportunity to work alongside, teach, develop programming and tournaments plans for the likes of Jessica Korda, Nelly Korda, Virada Nirapathpongporn, Cheng Tsung Pan, Jaravee Boonchant and Ye Lei.
Tracy has had the distinguished honor to teach numerous superstars, but also students who are now Doctors, teachers and scientists leading their fields in research.
So with over two decades of teaching, Tracy has been part of developing a holistic approach to training that sets up a young person for success both on and off the golf course.
Tracy enjoys sharing her passion for the game. “I love being part of the preparation in ones game. It’s this part of the game that can lead to the greatest opportunities”.
services
Coach, International Speaker, Mentor & Consultant
Coaching
Shane and Tracy have coached LPGA& PGA Tour winners, Rolex Junior Players of the Year and Rolex (AJGA) All-Americans. Their students have won on all levels including junior, amateur, collegiate and professional events.
Together, over the span of their careers, Shane and Tracy have overseen the recruitment, development, coaching, programming and training of:
- Over 180 Rolex All-Americans
- 10 Rolex Players of the Year
- 10 Junior All-Stars
- 3 US Amateur Champions
- 1 US Women’s Amateur Champion
- 4 US Girls Jr. Champions
- 1 US Jr. Boys Champion
- 7 Scholastic All Americans
- 16 Junior Wold Champions (San Diego, CA)
- 18 Scott Robertson Champions (Roanoke, VA)
- Numerous NCAA Individual & Team Championships
- Over 1000 Junior Tournament Wins over 27 years
Course Management
The better we get to know the player and understand his/her current ability and potential, the better we can form an overall plan of attack for improvement and college placement.
- Evaluate level of play
- On Course evaluation and development
- Analyze strengths and weaknesses
- Work to establish realistic goals & objectives
- Offer course management guidance, instruction and plans for improvement
Short Game
One hundred yards and in is such an important part of the game, one that deserves daily attention and focus and one that can be a difference maker.
PCA offers short game guidance, instruction and plans for improvement!
Tournament Preparation
Building a yearly plan with monthly milestones is critical to each student-athlete successes.
mentors
Shane and Tracy are excellent with sharing knowledge, advice and resources dependent on the goals of a specific student-athlete. They are open about sharing information about their own career paths, as well as provide guidance, motivation, support and role modeling. Shane helps with exploring college and universities, setting goals, developing contacts and identifying resources, while Tracy focuses on how to play the game! They both have an innate ability in identifying how they can best help and are adaptable and flexible as the student athletes process grows and develops.
international speakers
Shane has conducted clinics and seminars on 5 different continents and in over 20 countries, while Tracy has ventured to 3 continents and 10 countries. They continue to travel and present on how to play the game, navigating junior and amateur golf and the college recruiting process!
Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Bermuda, Turkey, Spain, England, Scotland, Italy, China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Panama, Sweden and the US.
“Shane and Tracy are a formable team. They present on different topics, but together they covered so much. I now have valuable knowledge on how to better support my daughter not only on the golf course, but in the college process. I loved my time with them.”
consultants
For a thriving student-athlete the academic fit is just as important as the athletic component.
Preferred College Advising takes a limited number of students from around the world in each grad class. Current students live on 5 different continents! Our college placement services include every facet of the placement process.
For a thriving student-athlete the academic fit is just as important as the athletic component.
- Assist in the comparison of colleges and golf programs to help student athletes find the right school choices to fit his/her athletic/academic profiles.
- Assist in creating an initial list of universities to consider
- Create and outreach plan to coaches of chosen schools. Offer golf and academic resume consulting
- Discuss SAT, ACT, Toefl timetables
- Discuss community service, AP and Honors classes to help develop a balanced resume
- Explain the NCAA recruiting process in detail including timelines and applicable rules
- Prepare recruits & parents for campus visits and meetings with coaches
- Coordinate university visits
- Educate families on the NCAA initial-eligibility requirements
- Prepare junior golfers for the college experience and necessary commitment level
- Compare and Contrast NCAA, DI, DII and DIII – prerequisites, time commitments, scholarship opportunities etc.
Our students
have gone on to attend the following colleges and universities.....
WEST
Washington *
Oregon *
University of San Francisco *
Stanford *
Cal Berkley *
Southern Cal *
UCLA *
UC Irvine *
UC Davis *
Cal State San Marcos *
Long Beach State *
University of San Diego *
UC San Diego *
Loyola Marymount *
Pepperdine *
Santa Clara *
Chapman *
Arizona *
Arizona State *
UNLV *
Nevada *
BYU *
Colorado *
Academy of Art *
Cal State Northridge *
College of the Canyons *
Colorado State University *
Dixie State University *
Eastern Washington *
Fresno State *
University of LaVerne *
Louis and Clark *
University of the Pacific *
San Jose State *
UC Santa Barbara *
UC Santa Cruz *
Seattle University *
South Mountain CC *
St. Mary's *
Whittier College *
Washington State
CENTRAL
University of Arkansas *
Baylor *
LSU *
Cameron University *
Carleton College *
University of Chicago *
University of Cincinnati *
Cleveland State *
University of Dallas *
Depaul University *
University of Iowa *
University of Kansas *
UL Lafayette *
Louisiana at Monroe *
McGill University (Canada) *
University of Missouri *
University of Michigan *
University of Nebraska *
University of New Orleans *
University of Notre Dame *
Northwestern *
Tulane *
University of Oklahoma *
Oklahoma City University *
Oklahoma State *
Ohio State University *
Purdue *
Sam Houston State *
UT at San Antonio *
SMU *
St. Edwards University *
Texas A&M *
University of Texas at Arlington *
University of Texas at El Paso *
Texas *
TCU *
Texas State *
Texas Luthern *
Texas Tech *
Xavier *
Wisconsin *
Rice
EAST
NYU * Brown * Middlebury * UPENN * Duke * Florida State * Alabama * Allegheny College * Armstrong State University * Auburn * Augusta * Austin Peay * Babson College * Barry University * Belmont Abbey * Bethune Cookman * Boston College * Boston University * Bucknell * Carnegie Mellon * Central Florida * Charleston Southern * UNC at Charlotte * The Citadel * Coast Carolina * Coker College * Colgate * College of Charleston * Columbia * UConn * Daytona State * Darton College * East Carolina * East Tennessee State * Eckerd * Embry-Riddle * Emory * Farleigh Dickinson * Florida Atlantic* Florida Gulf Coast U * University of Florida * Florida International * Fordham * Furman * Georgetown * George Washington * Georgia * Georgia Tech * Guilford College * Hamilton * Harvard * High Point University * Hofstra * Jacksonville * James Madison * Johnson & Wales * Kentucky * LaGrange * Lehigh * Liberty * Lynn * Marshall * Maryland * Mercer * Miami * Ole Miss * University of North Carolina * North Carolina State * Northeastern * Nova Southeastern * North Alabama * Old Dominion * Penn State * Princeton * Quinnipiac * Rider University * University of Richmond * University of Rochester * Rolllins * St. Leo * South Alabama * Stetson * SCAD (Atlanta & Savannah) * South Carolina * University of South Florida * Towson * Valdosta State * Vanderbilt * Villanova * Virginia * Wagner College * Wake Forest * Washington & Lee * William and Mary * Winthrop * Young Harris College * Yale
Testimonials
Thank you for your continued encouragement and support. We so appreciate your constant help and guidance.
Thank you for believing me! You reminded me that anything is possible! I now get to go live my dream!
Thank you Shane and Tracy…Even now after my playing days are over, your continued support and advice means the world to me!
You always had faith in me and believed that I could play well. You knew college coaches would like me and my game, even at times when I wasn’t so confident in myself. The active support you gave me was very reassuring and helped me gain and maintain confidence in the college process where a lot of uncertainty was involved. You were very easy to talk to so I was very comfortable sharing both my goals and concerns with you.
PERFECT JOB!
Thank you!
Thank you again so much for your help and your encouragement. It really gave me the confidence that I can do this!
Contact
For any inquiries please email or call
shane@preferredcollegeadvising.com
1 (941)704-0446
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