A friend’s son played at a ranked HA D3. He was one of six players the coach helped push through admissions. Those six played four years.
On the first day of fall walk on tryouts twenty-seven pitchers showed up thinking they were preferred walk ons. There were three roster spots available. The coach kept his roster at thirty-two.
Including position players trying to walk on, returning players and the six aided recruits there were over fifty potential baseball players. A lot of kids drank the coach’s Kool Aid on their chances of walking on. The roster never showed more than thirty-two.
This isn’t a shady coach. This is a highly regarded coach baseball people would know his name if I posted it.