About Prep Network: The Voice of Youth and High School Sports

Welcome to Prep Network. Let us catch you up to speed.

Background

Prep Network was founded in 2012 by two former D3 basketball players, Nick Carroll and Jake Phillips, to fill a void in boys basketball coverage: major sports outlets only covered the most elite prospects, while tens of thousands of athletes each year struggled for coverage and exposure opportunities. 

What started as a single boys basketball-focused website in Minnesota has expanded into the nation’s largest youth and high school sports platform. Today, we cover 7 boys’ and girls’ sports for over 10 million readers nationwide.

Our Websites

In addition to prepnetwork.com, our sports-agnostic home for covering the trends and brands making a splash in youth and high school sports nationwide, we own and operate 7 sport-specific websites: Prep Hoops, Prep Girls Hoops, Prep Redzone, Prep Dig, Prep Soccer, Prep Lacrosse, and Prep Softball. 

While Prep Network covers the national stories, these seven sites have a hyper-local focus, breaking single-sport coverage into a series of state-specific microsites. This structure allows the hundreds of thousands of athletes, parents, and coaches who visit our websites each month to find the athletes, scores, scouting reports, rankings, and analysis that matter most to them. 

Today, our team of over 400 writers produces 50,000 articles per year and creates sport, state, and class-specific rankings with over 100,000 ranked athletes. Prep Network also provides a suite of free and paid recruiting resources to educate and aid athletes on their path to competing at the next level.

Take a deep dive into one of our websites below:

Our Events

While our company was founded with a media focus, we quickly expanded into club tournaments, combines, and athlete showcases. Today, we operate over 100 club basketball, volleyball, and 7-on-7 football tournaments, hosting thousands of teams each year, in addition to 300 state-specific combines and athlete showcases hosting tens of thousands of annual attendees. 

These events provide a platform for athletes nationwide to compete in front of college coaches and our network of writers, maximizing their exposure while competing against the top talent in their respective state and region.

Explore our events here.

Our Partners

With unmatched reach in the youth and high school sports industry, we partner with brands looking to support sports families and teams. From digital advertising and custom content, to IRL event activation, we’re a one-stop shop for local, regional, and national brands to connect with high-intent sports consumers.

For our audience, these partnerships mean exclusive trials, samples, discounts, and perks from the brands looking to make the biggest splash on the court, on the field, or in their homes. 

Check out our media kit.