lhpmom- more about the stanford camp-
my memory of who was there included (officially working the camp and unofficially in the stands): all the Ivies except Penn(who may have been there), William & Mary, all the services academies, Centenary, Kansas, Hawaii, UC Davis, several MLB scouts, Saddleback JC (from SoCal). I know there were others, the names just escape me.
If your son's interest is only Stanford, they have in the past held camps with just their own staff, in addition to this all-star camp. Check their website.
If there was a "downside" to this allstar camp, there are about 300 kids there and you get seen in lots of "bits and pieces". Coaches are assigned to run different teams. Also, obviously, every coach is different and each camper will therefore have a different experience.
In any event, chances are a particular coach may never see your son play if his team's schedule conflicts with your son's team's schedule. There are other coaches that just work a certain skill station. they might see you hit in the cage, for example, and nothing else.
But, ovverall you're likely to get the opportunity to at least meet just about any coach there, connect a name with a face etc.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, about 6 different schools have contacted my son from that camp and I am hoping he'll soon be "officially" committing to one of those schools, he's just awaiting word from their admission's office.
bottom line- with every situation there is good and bad, but this camp IMO is definitely worth it and as I mentioned in an earlier post, I really only saw it as the "Stanford" camp, 'cause it's at Stanford. there are so many, many schools represented that it really is a showcase and I think the Stanford staff does an amazing job in organizing and running this and it gives an incredible opportunity for alot of exposure. I think it was very reasonably priced and, simply, absolutely worth going to. It taught me and my son much about the good and the bad of competing and also attending school at the college level.