In the summer, 1985, when Jason Wilkie was a freshman in high school, he co-authored the first edition of  “The High School Football Player.”  USA Today published a very positive article on our approach to college athletic recruiting.

In the fall, 1985, at the request of some student-athletes at Jason's high school, we began conducting ½ day workshops for college-bound student-athletes and their parents on the college football recruiting process.  This continued during Jason’s years in college and beyond.

In 1988, Jason received his football scholarship and began his football career at Central Michigan University after being rejected by four other universities with all the frustration and depression that rejection brings.  It turned out to be the best place for him to play and provided great involvement with an athletic director and the NCAA.

In 1991, Jason received an invitation to make a ½ hour presentation to a presidential commission of twenty presidents entitled the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.  They met in Washington, D.C. and invited athletic directors, coaches and seven All-American athletes or Olympians to speak.  In addition, they invited Jason Wilkie, who was a reserve defensive tackle at the time, to speak.  The Director of the Commission told a Detroit Free Press reporter that Jason was invited because of his expertise on college athletic recruiting reflected in the booklet he wrote and the workshops that he has conducted.

In 1992, Jason is invited to be a member of the NCAA's relatively new Student-Athlete Advisory Committee meeting quarterly to initiate as well as react to potential changes in NCAA legislation and rules as they affect student-athletes.  Jason served on this committee and several special committees for the next five years.

In 1992, Jason and Bill Wilkie wrote the college-bound workbook for students as well as a complete 55 page parent manual entitled "Empowering Teens ."  They began conducting workshops in Michigan that same year.

In 2001, the Wilkie’s introduced a new WWW site that provides an "e" workbook for student-athletes, college-bound students and a "College Financing" manual for parents.  Formerly, this information had only been available through the regional workshops that they offered personally since 1985.

In 2002, the Miami Herald quoted Bill Wilkie extensively on the issue of elite athletes and their decision processes just before signing.  See article: "Recruiters Put a Blitz on Kids."

In 2002, the Wilkies introduced a third www site on Empowering Teens focusing on finding purpose and reducing aimlessness for the high school student.