Choose the right college without overpaying for it.
Champion College Planning helps families find colleges that fit academically, socially, and financially. We help you understand the real cost before you commit, compare financial fit, pursue available aid, protect your savings, and make a college decision that works for both your student and your family’s future.
Not sure where to start?
Every family enters the college planning process at a different point. Whether you’re just beginning the search, already have colleges in mind, or need help making sense of the financial side, we’ll help you figure out the right next step.
Find the right colleges
Know the real cost
Explore colleges based on your student’s academic goals, interests, preferences, and the type of college experience they want.
Look beyond sticker price to understand financial aid, merit opportunities, likely out-of-pocket costs, and what each option could really mean for your family.
Evaluate academic, social, and financial fit together so you can make a confident decision before emotions or commitments narrow your options.
FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES
A recruiting opportunity is not a financial strategy
Most athletic scholarships are partial scholarships, not full rides. That means the real question isn’t simply whether your student receives an opportunity, but what that college will actually cost after athletic, academic, and need-based aid are considered. Champion College Planning helps families evaluate each opportunity academically, athletically, socially, and financially, and determine how much athletic scholarship support would make each opportunity worth considering.
WHY CHAMPION COLLEGE PLANNING
Champion College Planning brings together experience in education, college admissions counseling, consumer finance, and athletics to help families look at the entire college decision.
Our approach considers what fits the student academically and socially, what the family can realistically afford, and how those decisions may affect the family long after college. For student-athletes, we also understand how recruiting and athletic opportunities can complicate that decision.
The goal is simple: help families make smarter college choices with greater clarity, confidence, and fewer financial surprises.
College planning requires more than understanding admissions or financial aid alone.
Education & Admissions
Background in education and graduate-level training in college admission counseling.
College Cost & Financial Aid
Experience helping families understand affordability, financial aid, and the long-term impact of college costs.
Student-Athlete Perspective
Firsthand perspective on how recruiting, college fit, academics, and family finances all come together in the college decision.
Champion College Planning helps athletic programs give student-athletes and their families a more complete approach to the college decision. We bring together college selection, recruiting guidance, financial aid, and affordability so families can pursue opportunities that fit academically, athletically, socially, and financially.
Through parent education, practical resources, and individualized college-planning support, we can become an added resource for your families while helping your program provide value beyond the field.
FOR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS
Give your families more than another recruiting resource.
