The Founder · Issue No. 1
Built by someone
who lived it.
A former D1 tennis player, top-20 USTA junior, and 20-year financial-services veteran walks into the youth-recruiting industry — and decides to burn the playbook.
Marc Dorfman
Founder, Prospecta · Former D1 tennis · ITF Jr. World #382
I’m Marc. I played Division I tennis, was a top 20 USTA junior, and was 382 in ITF Junior World Rankings. I spent 20+ years in financial services — a job that mostly came down to one question: is this actually worth what people are paying for it?
Then I became a parent of a competitive youth athlete, and ran straight into the college-recruiting industry. It runs on selling anxious families hope: high-pressure sales calls, generic packages, and a bill that starts around $3,000 and climbs from there. I talked to family after family who’d paid for it and come away with nothing they could actually use.
So I built the advisor I wished I’d had — one that tells you honestly where your kid stands, what division is realistic, and exactly what to do next. No sales call. No four-figure package. No telling you what you want to hear.
If your athlete is a D3 prospect, Prospecta will say so — and show you why that might be the best outcome anyway. That’s the whole point.
Field notes
11 sports. One honest answer.
The Problem · Issue No. 1
The industry sells hope.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of families spend thousands of dollars on recruiting services that tell them what they want to hear instead of what they need to know. High-pressure sales calls. Generic packages. False hope sold to anxious parents at $4,000 a pop.
We've seen it. We've talked to the families it hurt. And we built something different.
Our Commitment · Issue No. 1
Three rules we don't break.
Rule 01
Honesty over comfort
We'll tell you things other services won't. If your athlete is a D3 prospect, we'll say so — and we'll show you why that might be the best outcome anyway.
Rule 02
Built for athletes and parents
Every other platform is built for league administrators or coaches. We built this for the athlete doing the work and the parent on the sideline who both just want a straight answer.
Rule 03
Sports we know
We cover 11 sports — Tennis, Soccer, Lacrosse, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Golf, Swimming, Track & Field — each with sport-specific benchmarks (UTR, NLF, Perfect Game, EYBL, JGS, AJGA Stars, USA Swimming cuts, and more) built from how coaches actually evaluate at every division.
The Platform · Issue No. 1
What Prospecta has become.
What started as one honest assessment has grown into a full athlete intelligence platform — still parent-first, still free to start, still no sales call.
11 sports, sport-specific engines
Tennis (UTR), Soccer & Lacrosse (club tier + circuit), Baseball/Softball (Perfect Game, velo, exit velo), Volleyball, Football (combine + film), Basketball (EYBL), and Golf (JGS + AJGA Stars). No generic scoring.
Pro feature
Scout — your personal AI coach
Pro members get Scout — a private AI recruiting assistant that already knows your athlete's assessment. Look for the “Ask Scout” button on every page. Ask anything about divisions, target schools, metrics, or next steps and get an honest answer in seconds.
Meet Scout →Re-assess every 90 days
Track real progress over time, not a one-shot report. Watch your Reality Score move as your athlete hits new benchmarks.
Outreach tools, built in
AI-generated coach emails tuned to your athlete's real profile, plus a Matchmaker that targets the right programs and a resource search for local clubs — everything legacy services charge $3K–$6K for.
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