RKBH posted:Update on my son who decided a few months ago not to pursue college baseball. He has been accepted to the 4 colleges he applied to. 3 private schools, all 3 gave him from $18,000 to $26,000 academic scholarship $$. 1 was a Presidential Scholarship. We have 1 more to apply to a Patriot League school. He will have lots of opportunities to study abroad. At one school the tour guide was a senior soccer player and he said his 1 regret was not being able to study abroad due to his soccer schedule. That clinched my sons decision knowing that he made the right decision. Baseball is going to end someday for most of these kids and the trials and tribulations of going through the recruiting process with coaches who play games calling, not calling etc etc etc. best wishes to everyone going through the process.
Similar thing with my son, who decided not to play college baseball. Very high GPA and a good (high 20's, just could not get over the hump to 30), but not great, ACT score. Accepted at all the college's he applied to and has been offered around $20,000 to $30,000 in academic money to attend all the schools he's applied to. He made his college choice the first day of his Sr. year as he received an acceptance to his #1 choice along with a good scholarship offer, with some more to come according to the school. Funny thing is, this is the only school where the baseball coach flat out told him that there is no room for him on their team. Anyway, not worrying about the baseball recruiting stuff and having his college picked at the start of his Sr. year has allowed him to really relax and have some fun this year.