Northwestern College Women's Soccer
Recruiting guide · Red Raiders
NAIANAIA · Great Plains Athletic Conference · Orange City, IA
Northwestern College at a glance
- Level
- NAIA
- Conference
- Great Plains Athletic Conference
- Location
- Orange City, IA
- Undergraduates
- 1,175mid-sized for NAIA · larger than 59% of NAIA programs
- Published cost
- ~$49,783 / yron the higher end for NAIA · before aid or athletic scholarship
Size and cost from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; confirm current figures on the school’s own site.
How to get recruited by Northwestern College Women's Soccer
NAIA programs can offer athletic scholarships and often recruit on a more flexible timeline, so direct outreach with film is well worth it. Check the grade-by-grade recruiting timeline for your class, then reach out to the coaching staff directly.
Your recruiting timeline
Recruiting runs on a grade-by-grade calendar, and the milestones that matter right now depend on your graduating class. Open the free recruiting timeline and pick your class to see exactly what to do — every key NCAA date, sourced and dated.
See the recruiting timelineFill out Northwestern College’s recruiting questionnaire
Almost every college program has a “recruiting questionnaire” (or “prospect form”) on its athletics website. Filling it out is how you get into a coach’s recruiting database — it’s usually the expected first move before you email. Look for it under the team’s “Recruits” or “Prospective Student-Athlete” menu.
Use your real graduation year and a parent-monitored email. If the form is broken, only open to older grads, or you simply can’t find it, don’t stall — send a short intro email instead (below) and note that you couldn’t complete the questionnaire.
Who to contact at Northwestern College
Start with the head coach. 2 Northwestern College women's soccer coaches are on file, 2 with a publicly listed email, each linked to the staff directory it came from.
Also on staff: Michael Simmelink (Assistant Coach - Goalkeepers).
See all 2 Northwestern College coaches, emails and sourceHow to contact the coaches
Find the right coach
For a first email, the head coach (Vitor Pereira) or recruiting coordinator is usually right — both are on the Northwestern College women's soccer coaches page, with publicly listed emails and the source they came from.
Keep the intro short and honest
Grad year, position, club/high school, GPA, and one or two key metrics. Say why this school specifically — coaches can tell a copy-paste blast from a real message. The coach email guide has a copy-and-paste template and the mistakes that get an email deleted on sight.
Lead with film
A short highlight video (with a full-match link) does more than any paragraph. Put the link near the top so a busy coach can watch in seconds.
Send it from the athlete
Coaches want to hear from the player, not a third party. Email from the athlete’s own account and reply promptly when they respond.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you get recruited by Northwestern College Women's Soccer?
- NAIA programs can offer athletic scholarships and often recruit on a more flexible timeline, so direct outreach with film is well worth it. Check the recruiting timeline for your graduating class, then email the Northwestern College coaching staff directly.
- Who should I contact about Northwestern College Women's Soccer recruiting?
- Start with Vitor Pereira (Head Coach) — listed with the rest of the Northwestern College women's soccer staff, with publicly listed emails, on the coaches page linked above. Email from the athlete's own account with a short, honest intro — grad year, position, club or high school, and GPA — and put a highlight-film link near the top.
- When should I start the recruiting process?
- Recruiting runs on a grade-by-grade calendar, so the milestones that matter right now depend on your graduating class. Use the free recruiting timeline to see exactly what to do now — every key NCAA date, sourced and dated.
- How big is Northwestern College, and what does it cost?
- Northwestern College has about 1,175 undergraduates — mid-sized for NAIA (larger than 59% of NAIA programs), and the published cost of attendance is about $49,783 per year before aid or athletic scholarship, on the higher end for NAIA. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; confirm current numbers on the school's own site.
Similar programs to compare
A realistic target list has several schools at the same level. Start with these.
Other NAIA women's soccer programs in IA
| School | Div | Conference |
|---|---|---|
| Briar Cliff UniversityWomen's · Sioux City, IA | NAIA | Great Plains Athletic Conference |
| Clarke UniversityWomen's · Dubuque, IA | NAIA | Heart of America Athletic Conference |
| Dordt UniversityWomen's · Sioux Center, IA | NAIA | Great Plains Athletic Conference |
| Graceland UniversityWomen's · Lamoni, IA | NAIA | Heart of America Athletic Conference |
| Grand View UniversityWomen's · Des Moines, IA | NAIA | Heart of America Athletic Conference |
| Morningside UniversityWomen's · Sioux City, IA | NAIA | Great Plains Athletic Conference |
Also in the Great Plains Athletic Conference
| School | Div |
|---|---|
| College of Saint MaryWomen's · Omaha, NE | NAIA |
| Concordia University–NebraskaWomen's · Seward, NE | NAIA |
| Dakota Wesleyan UniversityWomen's · Mitchell, SD | NAIA |
| Doane CollegeWomen's · Crete, NE | NAIA |
| Hastings CollegeWomen's · Hastings, NE | NAIA |
| Midland UniversityWomen's · Fremont, NE | NAIA |
| Mount Marty UniversityWomen's · Yankton, SD | NAIA |
| Waldorf UniversityWomen's · Forest City, IA | NAIA |
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