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@@adbono posted:
You don’t go to the Air Force Academy with baseball as your priority. The priority is military training and education. I suspect you know that.

A former student of mine (and HS teammate of son) , RHP, committed to one of the service academies. I was really surprised seeing his level of motivation in class, and what I knew of the transcript. He was a nice kid. I talked to his mom, who thought the academy could give him the discipline he needed academically. He left the academy before Christmas his freshman year. I am not sure he finished the semester.

A second student I had in class 2 years ,went to the same academy to swim. Different story--he thrived there (while in HS he completed his homework every day--his tests looked like my answer key).

The OP's son won't have any problems in the classroom, but I think it is important to note the commitments, needed focus and responsibilities outside of baseball.

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