<p>Question - If you’re recuited for athletics, do you still need congressional nominations and all that good stuff?</p>
<p>I missed a call from the Academy’s track and field coach today. I couldn’t reach him when I got the message so I’m going to try again tomorrow. I filled out a sports recruitment form online a while ago, and am hoping it’s good news. And if I remember right, someone told me before that if you’re recuited you don’t have to have nominations. True?</p>
<p>False. You still need a nomination.</p>
<p>"Mom" is correct.</p>
<p>Federal Law requires that all "candidates" for entry to any of the service academies (excepting USCGA) have nominations from a legally constituted source: Members of Congress, the POTUS, VPOTUS are the big ones. There are a few smaller categories but these three are the most common.</p>
<p>Steve
ALO</p>
<p>I think maybe you are confusing the no nom with people saying if you are a recruited athlete they will find a nom for you, i.e. supt. Don't take that for granted still go for every single nom that you can, it also shows motivation and that you are not sitting on your laurels with a belief it is a done deal.</p>
<p>You must have the nomination.</p>
<p>When my son was recruited, he had to send a copy of his letters to MOCs to one of the coaches to prove he was seeking his own nom. Had he not gotten one, it was possible that the SA would have found one for him; however, that is much more likely if you are the top dog or if you are recruited for a revenue generating sport (my son was neither). What may happen is you might get an LOA and then you will have a little better shot at a nom...they like to nominate the candidates that the academy wants.</p>