About
Built by athletes and coaches who are experts in helping athletes and families navigate the recruiting process.
College Pathway Network started from a simple frustration: talent is rarely the problem. The plan, the access and the film almost always are.
Our Story
A holistic approach
Recruiting has no shortage of vendors selling a slice of the process, a highlight video, a profile listing, a showcase promising exposure it never delivers. What almost nobody offers is the whole picture: an advisor who actually knows your athlete’s situation, builds a real plan around it, has coaching relationships that open doors, and can produce film good enough to make a coach stop scrolling.
That’s what College Pathway Network is. One team covering guidance, network and brand, with a deliberately short athlete list so the attention is real.
Leadership
The people behind College Pathway Network
Former athletes, coaches and recruiting experts who built College Pathway Network to solve the problem they experienced firsthand.
Jordan Trautman
President of Women's Division
Jordan served as the Head Women's Lacrosse Coach at Division I Monmouth University (2017-2026), leading the program through its transition from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) to the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA). Under her leadership, Monmouth captured a share of its first MAAC regular season title and its first outright MAAC title with a No. 1 tournament seed, and she was named the program's first-ever MAAC Coach of the Year. Her teams have produced multiple conference Players, Midfielders and Goalkeepers of the Year and dozens of All-Conference honorees, while consistently earning academic honors.
Before Monmouth, Jordan was Head Coach at Division III Kean University, and held assistant coaching roles at Division I Yale University and the United States Naval Academy, where she helped lead the Midshipmen to their first NCAA Tournament bid. Off the field, she spent two years at the NFL as a manager of player marketing. A standout collegiate defender at Division I Georgetown University, Jordan was a team captain, National All-American, Regional All-American, two-time All-Big East selection, two-time Big East champion, and two-time USA National Team tryout invitee. Her career has been recognized with induction into two Lacrosse Halls of Fame: the Connecticut Lacrosse Hall of Fame (2019) and the Ohio Lacrosse Hall of Fame (2026).
Kere Harper
Vice President, Women's Division
Kere brings a powerful combination of on-field coaching leadership and high-stakes executive strategy. With over 35 years of involvement with women's lacrosse, 20+ years of coaching high school, youth, travel, Kere specializes in developing elite tactical systems and the mental visualization techniques required to compete at the next level. She also drives the curriculum for the 3D Ascend program, specifically preparing committed high school athletes for the rigorous transition to college lacrosse.
With an extensive career in enterprise account management and strategy for industry giants like Salesforce and DocuSign, plus experience developing go-to-market strategies for branding platforms, she understands exactly how to build and distribute a compelling brand. She combines this corporate marketing expertise with nearly a decade of experience serving as a collegiate academic advisor, ensuring CPN’s female athletes are not only marketed perfectly to college coaches, but are fully prepared for academic and athletic success once they arrive.
Colin Bathory
Director of Boys Recruiting Advisory
Colin brings more than 30 years of playing, coaching, recruiting, and athlete-development experience to College Pathway Network. A 3-time captain, All-Conference selection, and All-American at Haverford College, Colin went on to spend more than a decade coaching at Haverford as Head Coach. He also coached at Auburn University and Hampden-Sydney College and has extensive experience coaching and developing youth and high-school athletes.
Having recruited and evaluated student-athletes from the coach's side of the table, Colin understands what college programs are looking for and what athletes need to do to stand out. He combines that perspective with firsthand experience navigating the recruiting process to help athletes and families build a clear, realistic pathway to the right college opportunity.
Joe Edell
Co-Founder & Director of Recruiting Advisory
Joe leads the Recruiting Advisory business at College Pathway Network, working directly with student-athletes and families through the end-to-end recruiting process. He played NCAA Division I lacrosse at Michigan State University. He has coached since 2003 at numerous clubs, camps and clinics, developing youth athletes and guiding high school athletes and families through the recruiting process. As Owner and Director of Coaches and Player Development at Fox Valley Lacrosse Club, he built a program averaging 600 athletes a season while hiring and training its coaching staff.
He led the development of Wheaton Academy's players through their first Illinois state championship in 2023, and in 2024 and 2025 he was an assistant coach for Team Mexico's U20 National Team. Hundreds of the athletes he has coached have gone on to play at the NCAA level. Before lacrosse became his full-time focus, Joe spent 24 years at DHL Express, retiring as Senior Director of Operations, and served in the United States Army. As a father of three college lacrosse players, he has lived the recruiting journey himself and channels that experience into strategies that get athletes seen, evaluated and signed.
Bret Withey
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Bret is a seasoned entrepreneur and business builder with more than 25 years of experience founding, scaling, and leading companies across multiple industries. He has built and successfully exited four businesses and co-founded a multi-state operating company. A lifelong lacrosse player and coach, Bret played collegiate lacrosse at Ithaca College and the University of Arizona and has spent more than a decade coaching and mentoring young athletes.
Playing and coaching gave him a firsthand understanding of the player, parent, and coach perspectives throughout the recruiting journey. At College Pathway Network, Bret serves as Chief Strategy Officer, leading corporate strategy, growth initiatives, partnerships, marketing, and the development of CPN’s media and technology platforms. His focus is on building the brand, resources, and strategic relationships that support CPN’s recruiting experts and create a better experience for student-athletes and their families.
How we use our network
We spend our credibility on you.
Any family can email a college coach. The difference is whether the coach opens it, because they recognize the name on it and know we don’t send them athletes who aren’t a fit.
That’s why we’re selective about who we take on. We only put an athlete forward when the fit is real, which is exactly why the introduction works when we make it.
What an intro looks like
- 1We identify the programs that genuinely match your athlete's level, academics and goals.
- 2We reach out to the coaching staff personally, with film and a profile attached and a specific reason they should watch.
- 3We prep the athlete for the call: what to ask, what coaches are listening for, how to follow up.
- 4We stay in the loop afterward, keep the staff updated, and keep the relationship warm through the cycle.
The Bench
Specialists we bring in when your athlete needs them.
Recruiting touches more than film and phone calls. We keep a short list of people who are excellent at the rest of it, and we bring them in at the right moment.
Academic Advising
Test prep, transcript strategy and application support, so academics never become the reason a program stops recruiting your athlete.
Performance & Training
Strength, speed and sport-specific coaching from people who train athletes at the level you're aiming for.
Health & Wellness
Nutrition, recovery and mental performance support. The unglamorous work that decides who's still on the field in year three.
Media & Production
In-house videographers and editors who know exactly what a college coach is looking for in the first thirty seconds.
College Coaching Network
Direct relationships with college coaches across every division, built over years and spent carefully.
Mentorship Program
Athletes may be matched with a current NCAA player for monthly calls and check-ins. Peer guidance from someone who just lived the recruiting process.