Meet
Kara
Hill
THE ENGINE BEHIND SCOUT SCHOLAR & YOUR SECRET WEAPON
As a former volleyball player, author, producer, star of popular recruiting podcasts and a frequent subject-matter expert interviewed by national sports media, Kara Hill leverage her extensive experience to present a proven and successful strategy that gets her clients recruited. Kara’s proprietary recruiting solution includes the revolutionary, comprehensive Scout Scholar app as well as a personal touch, learning what is most important to students-athletes and what they hope to accomplish from their college experience—both on and off the court. Armed with this knowledge, she and her team of academic, athletic and recruiting specialists develop personalized plan which guides clients step-by-step though the recruiting process with easy, simple steps. This proven strategy works—virtually every client who has diligently followed Kara’s winning recruiting roadmap and guidelines has committed to play volleyball at the next level.
If you currently follow Kara Hill and My Recruiting Solutions on social media, you may already know she attends most large qualifying and regional tournaments across the country to personally advocate for her clients, and create content for her social media channels. You can usually spot her in one of her signature fedora’s.
Meet
Christi
Phillips
As a former player and coach with a passion for volleyball, Christi Phillips is excited to be part of our team as a {title/role}. Christi played volleyball through college and she later coached girls of all ages up to and including Division 1 volleyball. Christi has a wealth of athletic and recruiting experience, and more recently managed social media channels for prominent women’s volleyball clubs including the well-known, prominent Texas Advantage Volleyball club. To be able to combine her sports knowledge with her expertise in management and social media for Scout Scholar is a perfect way to merge Christi’s talents and interests and to help new athletes navigate their recruitment path.
Meet
Sam
Wolinski
Sam Wolinski brings more than 20 years of experience coaching and recruiting for college women’s volleyball. Wolinski began working at the collegiate level as assistant coach at her alma mater, Earlham College. In 1999, she was named head coach at Rhodes College, where she led a successful program for 14 years. In 2014 she joined Mississippi State University, serving as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Bulldogs. After two seasons, Sam was hired as head coach at Eastern Illinois University, leading the lady Panthers for three years.
Wolinski has also served as: AVCA Board representative and former Board Member of USA Volleyball (Delta Region), among other positions. She is the current Chair of the Nominating Committee for USA Volleyball.
