GradeCheck receives an endorsement from BCAM
September 30, 2009
The BCAM Board of Directors endorses GradeCheck!
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MiTechNews GradeCheck.net Gains Traction
July 28, 2009
ANN ARBOR - GradeCheck.Net, a web site that helps student-athletes prepare for the tougher academics at college, and perhaps help them win scholarships, is gaining traction among students, high schools and colleges.
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Detroit Free Press Making The Grade
July 21, 2009
In 1982, Kevin Ross, the father of McBride’s oldest son, finished four years at Creighton University. Only Ross was illiterate.
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Microloans Bring Macro-Benefit to Detroit
June 30, 2009
Boyga Adeseye made a safe bet that operating his new business out of the trunk of his car would appear, shall we say, less than professional.
If his new business Talents of Motown LLC, a talent agency and promotional company, was to go anywhere, he needed a respectable office. So Adeseye went to the bank to apply for a loan -- in fact, he went to two banks. They both turned him down.
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MHSAA Endorses GradeCheck.net Academic Progress Program
June 29, 2009
EAST LANSING, Mich. –June 29 – GradeCheck.net, a Michigan startup company that reinforces the academic aspect of school sports, has earned a rare endorsement from the Michigan High School Athletic Association.
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PrepChamps Partners with GradeCheck to Help High School Athletes Track Their Academic Progress and NCAA Eligibility
February 02, 2009
Raleigh/Durham, NC – January 30, 2009 – GradeCheck, which enables students to track their academic progress quickly and easily online is partnering with the premier online recruiting community for high school sports to help student-athletes simplify the process of determining their NCAA eligibility
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Model D GradeCheck.net uses TechTown to springboard growth as a national company
August 05, 2008
Shelia McBride's company really started to take off when it came to Detroit's TechTown in 2005. Since then GradeCheck.net has expanded to a staff of four and plans to hire two more by next year.
"That's when GradeCheck.net really started to take off because TechTown had the support in place to move my company forward," says McBride, the company's founder and CEO.
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MetroMode Media - GradeCheck unveils NCAA qualifying tool
November 08, 2007
A new Web application from a TechTown entrepreneur is geared at getting student athletes to college - and keeping them there.
GradeCheck, a TechTown-incubated technology start-up, launched last week, says Howard Bell, TechTown's former Executive Director who has joined the company
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Wayne State University Entrepreneur empowers high school athletes to score NCAA eligibility, scholarships
October 31, 2007
One out of every three high school seniors who apply to play a sport at an NCAA university is rejected for ineligibility. Detroit entrepreneur Shelia McBride has pioneered a system to empower student-athletes of every economic background to meet NCAA eligibility rules for playing college sports and winning scholarships.
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Press Release GradeCheck Celebrates National Launch of NCAA Qualifying Tool
October 30, 2007
One out of every three high school seniors who apply to play a sport at an NCAA university is rejected for ineligibility. Detroit entrepreneur Shelia McBride has pioneered a system to empower student-athletes of every economic background to meet NCAA eligibility rules for playing college sports and winning scholarships.
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