Aurora, IL –July 16, 2006 – Scoutware, the collegiate athletic industry leader in recruiting communications, co-hosted along with Nike, its second annual Coaches Reception at the Marriott Hotel in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

The event, held in conjunction with the National Basketball Events (NBE) Nike Summer Showcase, brought together nearly 100 coaches from several women’s college basketball programs including Stanford, Pepperdine, Oregon, University of California-Santa Barbara, Valparaiso, Siena, Dayton, and Denver.
The Summer Showcase (formerly the USA Cup) is the largest high school age, NCAA-certified observation event in the United States, and one of three Nike Elite sponsored women's basketball events during the important NCAA evaluation period.  The Showcase is held at six multi-court, air-conditioned facilities in the Northwest Chicago suburbs. 
The event typically draws more than 200 teams from 40+ states, including a majority of the nation’s most competitive club basketball programs and is attended by collegiate basketball coaches representing over 300 colleges and universities.

At the conclusion of the final day of the showcase, coaches enjoyed an evening reception that included appetizers, drinks, and provided an opportunity to network and share ideas related to recruiting.

Kate Cronin, Scoutware Director of Client Services, and a former basketball coach at the University of Vermont, was one of several staff members in attendance.  “The Showcase is one of the biggest recruiting events of the summer, and we were looking for a way to get the coaches together to conclude a great weekend of basketball.  As a former coach, it was nice to see some familiar faces at the reception have the opportunity to not only talk about my experience using Scoutware in recruiting, but the recruiting process in general.”

Other Scoutware staff in attendance included Andy Clark, Director of Sales and Marketing, Jeff Sernick, Director of Business Development and Jeromey Burke and Derek Thompson, both of the Client Services department.

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About Scoutware

Scoutware is a personal relationship management tool that coaches and administrators use today to successfully recruit athletes, raise money, sell tickets, foster support in both local and corporate communities, and demonstrate compliance within the guidelines of the NCAA. That's not all. While accomplishing these critical missions, Scoutware users are also taking less time and spending less money to do it. Working in concert with several contact databases, both large and small, Scoutware is providing coaches and administrators at 230 colleges & universities with the resources to quickly establish, build, and maintain the quality personal relationships necessary to sustain long term success. To learn more about Scoutware, please visit www.scoutware.com or give us a call at 630.375.2003.

About NBE

National Basketball Events (NBE) was incorporated in May 2001. It is one of three event management organizations in the world to conduct women's basketball events principally sponsored by Nike, Inc. and Nike High School Basketball.
NBE currently operates both the largest NCAA-certified observation (club team) and in-season (high school) basketball tournaments in the United States: The Summer Showcase in Chicago, Illinois, and the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix, Arizona.

More than 400 teams and 6,000 student athletes participate in NBE conducted events annually, and collegiate basketball coaches from every NCAA Division I college and university in the nation attend at least one event per year for the purpose of evaluating potential scholarship athletes. (information reprinted from www.nationalbasketball.com.