BishopLeftiesDad posted:@SchollySearchn While you are identifying schools, have you received advice as to what level he fits. He is a sure D1 cannot miss? This is also part of the process. You said you are looking at schools & academics first. And if he can play baseball there then great. Does he have a type of school he wants to attend? Big state school? Small Private? for instance has he considered a school like Emory. It is a big school, however they play D3. No Athletic Scholarships, however it is a good academic school and if his Grades are good there is Academic money to be had? If you check the rosters of D3's in the south you will see they are much more open to Out of region/out of state students. It is true the tuition is quite high at many of these schools. However many of them have quite large endowments, and if your son has the academic Chops to go there, money is available.
If it is D1 or bust, you can go to as many camps or showcases as you want, however you may never get a nibble. You may also get better advice if we know your target level. If you are a D3 talent (no shame in that), you need to go where the D3 schools will be. Many come up north to attend the right camp.
Thanks.
What we have to go on right now that his HS coaches and his travel coaches have told us he’s 100% D1. What level D1? Not sure. Do we agree? Not sure.
We do want to make sure we know, and we are getting that info right now. Had a little bump in the road due to a health issue. He’s back on track now, but that’s kind of why I’m not 100% sure of his ability I do NOT want to be that parent with the “rose colored glasses” about my kid but, I also tend to go too far the other way.
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He tried out for and made it on to a high level summer Showcase team which is another clue to his true abilities. (Not the highest team in the area but the second in line- he had a terrible tryout for the #1. (Nerves?) )
Participated in a Combine yesterday as PO, and while I’m waiting to see an official posting of numbers, he saw 86 mph and told me he had good verbal feedback from onlookers with his curveball. There were D1s and D3s there.
He’s a leftie 6’3” 150 lbs. Also plays 1B and OF. (Only did pitching stats for the Combine due to family time constraints for the day.)
Hitting needs a little work in games but BP is always great.
I personally believe he will do best and a mid to small sized school, though spouse thinks because he’s going to be involved in sports, he will excel in a large school as well. So that is still a question mark. Size of school itself will probably be less important than “feel and fit” of the baseball program, and if it has the academics he’s interested in and that will work with playing baseball. That makes sense, right?