Dion Wheeler

Without athletics, Dion Wheeler would never have graduated from UW-La Crosse. His father died when he was nine. Not wanting him and his brother running the streets of the South Side of Chicago, his mother sent him to Glenwood School for Boys, a residential school for dependent boys. He lived and grew up there until he graduated at eighteen. He was an average student in high school, but a young coach inspired him to both exploit his athletic ability and to take his education seriously as they were the foundation upon which he would "prepare for the future." And so he did!

Education and athletics have been the motivators of his time. Despite a few interruptions to experience the business world, he has taught and coached at every level: grade school, high school and college. He has been a presenter and instructor at business, athletic recruiting and education seminars. He is currently a member of the acclaimed Education Speaker's Team of the National Collegiate Scouting Association.

In addition to his recruiting experience-fourteen years at the high school level and tweleve at college-he managed the recruitment of his two children, both of whom were successfully recruited. One by a Division I State University, the other by a Division III Private College.

His ownership of a college prospect recruiting service was the experience where the final piece of the recruiting puzzle fit. He exposed and often negotiated for academically and athletically qualified high school prospects to coaches of nearly every sport around the country. His unique grasp of the recruiting process from every angle has prepared him to write this powerful guide.

Dion lives with his wife Dianne in Plainfield, IL.