For Students and the Family
After graduating from Stanford with a B.A in Psychology, and taking advantage of Stanford’s overseas program to study at Oxford University in England, Kathy pursued a career in educational travel for many years before obtaining her certification degree for College Counseling at UCLA. Her passion is to combine her Psychology training, a love of working with teens, and her organizational and management experience to empower and encourage high school students in the sometimes bewildering and often arduous college selection process.
Kathy knows the challenges of the application process and will act as mediator, guide, and counselor to help your family research and carefully think through the many decisions on the road to applying to the right college(s) for your son or daughter.
For Student Athletes
Kathy Smith Connor was one of the most highly recruited high school swimmers in the nation in 1982 before accepting Stanford University’s offer of a full athletic scholarship. During her 4 years at Stanford, Kathy won 21 NCAA All-American awards, numerous NCAA and Pac-10 titles, including the 1986 Pac-10 Scholar Athlete of the Year, and was also on the 1983 NCAA National Championship Team. She was a member of numerous United States National Teams from 1980 to 1987, an alternate on the 1980 United States Olympic Swim Team, and was inducted into the Washington State Scholastic Swimming Hall of Fame in 2005.
Kathy understands the life of a student athlete and will help your teen comprehend the demands of time, intellect, and energy required of student athletes as well as the demands of the athletic recruitment process.
It’s not easy finding the balance between a good academic fit and the right coach, team, and training experience. Kathy will walk alongside each student and family as you contact coaches and consider recruitment offers carefully to maximize the possibility of athletic scholarships at the right school for both academic and athletic goals.