2022 grad posted:How are we defining "commit?" Verbal or an actual written contract? Grads and seeing actual transcripts and ACT or SAT scores seem to be a big deal with D1's, how does a kid with neither get signed to a D1 program? Are grades and test scores not as important as most have suggested?
I've never had a D1 ask for my sons' ACT or SAT scores or GPA officially until after the offer was made and between my two lefties we had every ACC, SEC, and the top of the Big 12. They asked how grades were and test scores but never asked for it. The same way I talk about showcasing early, which I am a fan of if you have something to showcase which for a young player is projectability, you need to take the tests early so that you have some clue. I had a friend's son who took it as an 8th grader and made 25 so he had something to tell coaches. Coaches will normally ask how are your grades and then move on. Now HA is a different subject. But we never even blinked at the HA stuff.