@Giff posted:Update #3 and last on this thread.
I missed out on the final consolation game which turned out to be very important. Son went 3-3 yesterday with a bomb, double and single. Pepperdine and Coastal Carolina were both present and talked to my son before the game. They were both there for the 3 run HR after which Pepperdine left.
My advisor later talked to Pepp and they are making an offer that we will hear, I think, tomorrow. This is huge news.
His stat line for the week after yesterday improved dramatically. .353 with a 1.118 OPS, 4 2B, a HR— and all around solid play behind the plate.
i think the ball is rolling now. It is definitely a “mid-major” ball. Like PA Baseball mentioned, and I completely agree, I’m trying to read where the offers are coming from in large part to help me make an assessment. He has gotten the P5 attention (Alabama, Cincy, even Texas Tech here locally showed interest for a while). I think the lions share of his interest, and the offers I think are going to come, will be mid-major. Right now we only have one D3 offer that I would say is in stone. I am not including JuCo for this discussion but they have been reaching out, and I am a firm believer in the potential surrounding the JuCo route… I did it myself LA Harbor JuCo to Cal.
Damndest thing though. I was born and raised in SoCal, moved to Texas to raise my family and escape the oppressive housing market (and other reasons), and now, with no specific plan to do so, it looks like I’ll now have two kids in college back in SoCal. I’ll post a separate thread when he commits, which may be soon. As always, appreciate the thoughts and advice!
My daughter and I were visiting the softball coach at Boston College in January. It was cold and windy as we walked across the parking lot. My daughter turned to me and said, “Dad, what were you thinking when you moved us from Southern California? Does anything here look like UCSB?”
We lived halfway between LA and Santa Barbara. She played in Florida.