One of our junior Sparks clients recently came back from a week filled with three unofficial visits and was having a hard time figuring out how to proceed with all of the new information he’d learned. First of all,...

What goes into being a rowing coach? During your rowing career you accumulated a lot of knowledge and observed how some of the top coaches plied their trade. After a few “ah ha” moments and collecting medals, you decided that...

by Nate Rooks As a former rower, coach, and recruiter at Stanford University, one of the top recruit questions I received was, “how do rowers balance school and rowing… and maybe have a life too?” From my time...

Lowell, Massachusetts is located 40 minutes northwest of Boston in what is considered the birthplace of the industrial revolution. UMass Lowell is a leader in the 5 campus University of Massachusetts system. At 156th, UMass Lowell is the second...