Real Intrest or Not

If they gave you a phone number (especially if it's a cell) they're interested.  Coaches usually don't give out phone numbers unless they've got some interest.  Email will do no good...as he can email them, but they can't answer.  If your son is interested...have him give them a call....I don't think it can hurt...and coaches are usually pretty good about being honest....at least you'll know where you son stands.

Mine has received similar.  Maybe I'm wrong here, but in a few of the emails the coaches have also added their cell #.  I'm assuming, and again maybe I'm wrong here, those are a slightly more serious interest?

At some point he'll find out.

Edit:  typing while Buckeye posted.

I agree with Buckeye. You might want to rehearse the call with 2017 if he doesn't have any experience with talking to coaches.

Since your son's team set up the event, I would also contact the travel coach and ask them to follow up with the college. Also try to find out if everyone on the team received the same e-mail.

Thanks everyone for the information.  I don't really want to take the subject too far off track, but I just went back and looked.  It appears that a lot of the emails he received (5 different schools) after the showcase contain phone numbers.  Some of them cell phone numbers and other's office numbers.   I compared that to the camp emails he has received from schools not at the showcase or ones he received before the showcase and realized that most of those do not contain phone numbers.  I guess I missed that little bit of info when reading through the boards on how to decipher these emails.  

So based on the above I have an additional question...

What should he expect when he calls a coach?  I would guess most of them are pretty decent at dealing with kids who are just getting into this phase of their career.  I'm sure he is going to be nervous but he will need to get comfortable doing this.

BTW, asking others in the program is a little tough.  The showcase was a "kick-off" type showcase for the 2016's as they move into their season.  They invited any unsigned 2015's and those 2017's that they felt were ready to be seen.  It was only a small group (maybe 6 to 10 kids) of 2017's.  They are all strong players so I don't think the sample group is very large.

And yet another question.  Looking back its been a few weeks since he's received some of the emails.  Not sure if it would still be appropriate for him to call these coaches at this point.  Don't want to leave the impression that he is lazy. 

If it goes anything like what my 2016 went thru.The phone calls weather sent to you or third partied thru travel coach.Which you should have had happen.Its just the next step.just because the coach or player like the looks of something there is more that needs to be found out.You say your son likes certain school because of offerings will he get along?Doesn't matter whats offered if 3 months into it becomes brutally obviuos that staff and player just don't fit.Back in the day did you ever get a # from a gal that DIDN'T want you to call.Its kind of the same thing.Phone call/calls never hurt no one call them all.Don"t wait.

joes87 - with all due respect, quit being afraid of your own shadow.

Why are you here trying to read tea-leaves when you can get the answer directly from the horse's mouth?  How the heck do any of us know what those letters mean?  Anybody claiming they do have no idea what they are talking about.  Since they cannot call your son at this time, one method is to send a letter and see if they can get him to call. 

The best advice I can give you is get way more aggressive.  If a school of interest has sent you some correspondence by all means follow it to its logical conclusion.  There may be a coach out there just dying to talk to your son.  Call them and find out - without further delay.  

I doubt any coach would consider him lazy for not calling.  They are busy, he is busy, you are busy...plus for all they know you had to call 40 other schools higher on your list than they were and you just now got around to them.

I haven't been through it, but my understanding is if you get a coaches phone number you use the phone number.  If you get their voicemail you leave a message that says you will call back exactly at X time, or you can reach our coach at XXX-XXX-XXXX to set up a good time to talk.  Remember, they can't call the kid back.