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Reply to "Rising HS Sophomore Advice"

I responded previously.  I'm a Domer.  Go Irish!

Three key things: 

1) You're at a time and stage in the recruiting process where you can get better.  Get better academically (e.g., standardized test scores, curriculum, etc.).  And get better athletically (e.g., baseball skills, faster, stronger, etc.).  Focus on this.  Regardless of where you end up in college, you will have put your best foot forward.  This Summer is a time to get better athletically.

2) Always cast a wide net regarding colleges.  You'll need to understand where you fit athletically and academically, and then you'll need to fish in that pond of colleges.  Colleges plural.  It can't be a focus on just one school.  You may be a perfect fit and they might not have a need for you.  Start developing a list of 25 - 50 schools where your baseball and your academic skills intersect.  Maybe it's Notre Dame and similar schools.  Or maybe it's Goshen College and similar schools.  Who knows yet. 

3) You have time to do 1 and 2.  Yes, some schools recruit earlier than others...like now.  Some D1 and most D3 recruit mostly in the Summer before your Senior year of high school.  

 

Let's revisit where you are next Summer as a rising Junior.  Are you bigger, faster, and stronger?  Do you throw harder?  Is your bat speed better?  Running speed?  What about your overall baseball skills and IQ?  How's that ACT or SAT score?  GPA?  If you're not quite ready for the recruiting battles then, well let's get to the winter of your Junior year or your rising Senior summer.  Lot's of time...to get to work!

Good luck! 

p.s.  And help us not lose to Clemson 21-4 like we did today.  Yikes!

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