Happy Holidays wishes from AGM Sports team

AGM Sports team sends best wishes to all our friends supporting education and sports in the USA. Happy holidays!

Interview in RNE Catalonia to Monica Mesalles and Adriana Panades

National Radio of Spain in Catalonia has interviewed gymnasts Adriana Panades and Monica Mesalles in its program Sports Area.
This young girls from Catalonia are studying in the USA and enjoying a sports scholarship in Bridgeport University, with which achieved last season NCAA II National Championship.

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Victor Muñoz on "Mama tu no mires" on Antena 3 TV

Victor Muñoz, former player from youth teams of Real Madrid, appears in the program "Mama tu no mires" of National TV, Antena 3. He shows his life as a student and soccer player at IONA College in New York.

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AGM Sports will partner Global Tennis Legacy Foundation to help tennis student athletes all over the world

AGM Sports achieved a new agreement with Global Tennis Legacy Foundation (GTLF) an international organization directed by Chris Vermeeren, a sports businessman with more than 20 years of experience in amateur and professional tennis. GTLF creates individualized programs for tennis student-athletes to help them pursuing their athletic goals.

With this new agreement, AGM Sports will be assisting tennis student athletes referred by any of the tens of tennis academies linked to GTLF looking forward to continue playing tennis while they study a college degree. On the other hand, AGM Sports will look for tennis student-athletes that could take advantage of the services of GTLF in Spain.

GTLF headquarters are located in the Netherlands but it will also be represented by AGM Sports in its main offices at Saragossa. .

More than 50 Spanish student-athletes migrate to the American College system

These athletes join more than 200 Spaniards studying and competing in College

The American College Sports System welcomes more than fifty new Spanish student-athletes, rising the number of Spaniards in collegiate sports up to two hundred. Most of these students are already taking advantage of the American educational system. Meanwhile just a few of them are getting ready their luggage for their upcoming journey.

All of them will be able to combine high level sports with undergraduate studies. Besides being able to combine both activities, these athletes are financing their education with partial or full scholarships awarded thanks to their academic and athletic merits.

The sports offering more scholarships opportunities for Spanish student-athletes are tennis, soccer (including women's soccer), athletics, swimming, skiing and golf.

John Isner, ranked 19th in the ATP Tour answers our questions about his years in tennis college

John Isner (Greensboro, North Carolina) is an American professional tennis player. His current and best ATP ranking is 19th place. He is well-known for his powerful service and great height (2'06 m). Isner had a successful tennis career at the University of Georgia from 2003-2007. In his first year was runner-up in doubles of the NCAA. He led Georgia to the category of runner-up team in the NCAA championship in 2006 before leading the team to the victory in the Championship in 2007.

AGM: John, in Spain is unthinkable to have a sports star going to university, but you are 19 in the ATP rankings, and you have 4 years of college education behind you. Allow me to ask you a few questions, so that people can understand the decisions you have made.

AGM: When did you play your first professional match?
JI: My first ATP match was in 2007, at the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, Rhode Island.

AGM: Was this too late? Or you think you should have started playing professionally before going to college?
JI: In my opinion, I do not believe I started too late. When I left high school I simply was not good enough to turn pro and absolutely had to go to college. I wasn't fully ready to turn pro until my junior year in college when I was 21 years old.

AGM: How was your experience at the University of Georgia and in college tennis?
JI: My experience at UGA was seriously the best time of my life. Everything about the University is absolutely amazing and I fell in love with Athens, GA the very first time I stepped on the campus. Playing collegiately for UGA made the college experience even better. It´s one of the top programs in the country hands down and being able to learn under Coach Diaz for 4 years was invaluable to my success. College tennis always brought the competitor out in me and it made me so much more mentally tough which has been huge for my success in the pros.

AGM: Can you compare college tennis, especially the NCAA’s finals in Athens, Georgia, with anything on the professional tour?
JI: The only thing I can compare NCAA's in Athens to is Davis Cup. The way the fans get into it in Athens is very similar to that of Davis Cup. I still believe that NCAA's in Athens was the craziest atmosphere I have ever played in. The fans are a lot crazier than the fans on the pro tour and even the fans in Davis Cup. Being able to play for UGA in May during the NCAA's was an absolute honor.

AGM: Are there many college players on the ATP Tour?
JI: Out of the top 100 players in the World there are less than 10 that played college tennis. The most notable players are James Blake (Harvard), Benjamin Becker (Baylor), and probably myself.

AGM: Do you recommend good players to pursue a college education and go to a university in the United States, even if it’s just for a couple of years?
JI: I absolutely think that all players, no matter how good they are, should at least attend a US university for a couple years. Male players tend to develop a lot later than females and a few years of college tennis will do just about every player a lot of good. That´s where I started to see noticeable gains in my game and if not for my experience at UGA, I would not be where I am today.

AGM first High School student-athlete Class 2010 ready for the American Dream

AGM Sports also cares about those student-athletes interested in living one year in the USA looking forward to study in High School while they get ready for college.

Pelayo Abad and Ignacio López de Ondategui, men’s skiing, will be studying at Carrabassett Valley Academy, Maine. All of them are looking forward to improve their athletic careers to be able to obtain athletic scholarships in the American Collegiate Sports System.

AGM Sports helps student-athletes between 14 and 18 years old interested in studying High School classes in the United States. The company has conections with a large network of High Schools all over the country and it is focused in finding options to meet every family’s needs (academic, financial, etc.). If you are an athlete we will also make sure that you will be able to continue practicing your sport.