highheat15 posted:The unfortunate truth about recruiting is that there's often a huge gap in the perception of parents regarding their son's production at showcases & tournaments and what college coaches evaluate in a kid. In the most polite way I can put it, going off at a showcase doesn't mean squat if you don't fit what the coaches are looking for. That is not to say your son is not a talented player worthy of playing Division 1 Baseball, but the emotional lens parents see their kids through makes objectivity nearly impossible.
On the flip side, showcases where coaches are paid to attend always have at least a minor buyer beware as just because a coach is physically present doesn't mean they are mentally present.
There's a confounding variable here all of us don't know because the way you described how everything played out shouldn't end up with your son getting zero feedback.
A couple of points to address from other comments:
-All High Academic schools are recruiting the 2019 class right now. Period. Do not believe otherwise. Many Ivies have multiple commits on the board already.
-Patience is critical in the recruiting process but if a school is truly interested, they will 100% contact you and let their interest be known.
Lafayette, Bucknell and Holy Cross are all in "aggressive" mode for 2019's as soon as the dead period lifts (term used by a coach at one of the aforementioned schools during a phone conversation last night). My son has been fortunate to be asked to attend basketball games in the coming month at all three schools by the head coach at each.
On a side note, he has not put on a winter coat since a trip we took to Sun Valley, ID when he was 10. Living in SoCal, we are a warm climate to warm climate vacation family (not that we have been on one thanks to BASEBALL!) The Lafayette coach was NOT amused when he jokingly asked if it was "shorts, tee-shirt and flip flop weather out in PA". Oops...