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Keystone Acquires Two Student-Athlete Placement Agencies As Part Of Global Expansion Efforts

Apr 25, 2023•over 2 years ago

Acquiring Company

Keystone Sports

Acquired Company

Two

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Description

Keystone Education Group (Keystone) has acquired two European-based student athlete placement agencies, I-Con Sports (Spain) and Future Elite Sports (UK).

Company Information

Company

Keystone Sports

About

Keystone Sports is a division of Keystone Education Group, our mission is to connect international student-athletes with colleges in the United States. Keystone Sports is comprised of over 85 employees in 11 countries, most of them former college student-athletes. They are experts in soccer, tennis, golf, track & field, swimming, basketball, and 15 additional sports. We are Europe's leading college sports recruiting solution for student-athletes looking to study in the US. Since 1998, our agencies, AGM (Spain), CMAS (Mexico), Sport-Scholarships and uniexperts (Germany), Tennis Smart (UK) and CSUSA (UK/Scandinavia), have sent over 10,500 international student-athletes to 820 Colleges in the US and Canada, securing over 600 million USD worth of scholarships.

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