@RJM posted:I’ve seen kids chose NESCAC’s (D3) over middle of the road academic D1’s as they understood they weren’t pro prospects. They were better prospects to become HA grad school students after playing NESCAC ball.
Exactly. And many D1 programs don’t want players to take the “tough classes”, which puts them further behind in terms of post college opportunities.
The determined student athlete can figure it out and make it work, as obviously there are plenty of D1 players, such as your son, who go on to great careers after Baseball.
I can point out several dozen players in the last 5-10 years from our area, though, who went D1, took the easy classes, either never played or went D1->JUCO->D1 and barely played, racked up $30,000-$50,000 in student loan debt and have very few employment opportunities at this time.