About PRYZE™
Every athlete. Every sport.
Every dream.
PRYZE™ exists because the recruiting system was built for the 1%. We built it for everyone else — the 7 million student-athletes playing in 71+ sports who deserve the same intelligence, the same visibility, and the same shot.
The story behind the platform
Carlton A. James served in the United States Navy before spending years as an educator watching student-athletes lose their recruiting windows — not because they lacked talent, but because they lacked intelligence. The right information, at the right time, to the right people.
In 2024, Carlton founded 25 Alpha LLC and began building PRYZE™ — an AI-native platform that treats every student-athlete as a whole human being. Not just a highlight reel. Not just a GPA. A person with character, academics, ambition, and a family standing behind them.
7M+
student-athletes currently underserved by existing platforms
71+
sports covered — including band, cheer, dance, and esports
Age 4
the earliest any platform serves student-athletes and their families
26 intelligence agents. One platform.
Each agent handles a specific dimension of the student-athlete journey.
SCOUT
Recruiting activity monitoring across 3,200+ programs
RADAR
Roster gap analysis — find where you fit
ARCHITECT
Academic fit engine — GO/CONDITIONAL/NO-GO verdicts
COMPASS
Decision support — navigate every offer and choice
GHOST
Profile SEO — your name on every coach's search
CHARACTER
Whole-athlete values assessment beyond the highlight reel
CAMPUS
Campus and visit intelligence for 3,200+ schools
MIRROR
Self-assessment — ratings, eligibility, composite score
SHIELD
Content safety and compliance monitoring
PULSE
Wellness check-ins — mental health and fatigue signals
BROKER
NIL opportunity matching and valuation
WALLET
Financial aid, NIL income tracking, and literacy
VITALS
Physical performance analytics and injury signals
VISIT
Campus visit orchestration and follow-up strategy
CHAPERONE
Real-time NCAA contact rules enforcement — dead-period quarantine
PORTAL
Transfer portal decision support — 15-day campaign manager
HEARTH
Family coordination — age-graduated autonomy and multilingual support
HERITAGE
Cultural identity profile — sovereignty-aware data and F-1 pathways
ACCESS
Equity and access — grant aggregator for underserved athletes
BRIDGE
Mentorship matching — background-verified, MAAPP-compliant
FILM
Film intelligence — single upload to highlight reel and recruiting packet
BRAND
Personal brand — pre-publish risk scoring and content calendar
GUARDIAN
Child safety pipeline — grooming detection — Q4 2026
COMPASS-EQ
Equity intelligence — bias monitoring for small-school athletes — Q4 2026
LEGACY
Life after sports — athletic identity to professional identity — Q1 2027
THRIVE
Wellness marketplace — licensed sports psychologists and dietitians — Q2 2027
Partner Institutions
Institutions with permanent benefit access. View the full partner structure at pryze.ai/partners.
FOUNDING
Saint James Performance Academy
Founding Partner · Coach Pro · Springfield, VA
COMMUNITY
Largo High School
Community Partner · Coach Pro · Prince George's County, MD
PARTNER
Playmakers Elite Athletic Training
All Tiers · Training Facility · DMV Region
Claim Your Spot — Free
100 founding Plank Owner spots. Free to start. No credit card required for Explorer and Foundation tiers.