BK_Razorback posted:d-mac posted:SAU is going to be the best D2 program in Arkansas. Henderson is on the rise and has a nice field. I would look into UA-Ft Smith. New coach that I have gotten to know and he is a top notch hitting coach. The campus is very nice and is mostly newer buildings. The baseball field is ok, but nothing great. Ft Smith is about 80k and is an hour south of Fayetteville so there will be access to a lot more to do than the other D2's in state. We played at Henderson this Summer and the field was the nicest part of the school. Everything seemed old and not in the classic college way, more in the 1970's and needs updating way. The whole town seemed like that. The town has another college, OBU, across the street. All of the growth in Arkansas is in the NW part of the state from Fayetteville up to Bentonville due to Wal Mart. There are a lot of career opportunities in that area.
Thoughts on Ark Tech Wonderboys in Russeville or Harding Bisons in Searcy?
I know the least about Harding so I will defer to BigHurt's post. Arkansas Tech is a good school, especially for engineering. Their problem is that UA-Ft Smith used to be a JUCO and they used to get a lot of students from Ft Smith. Ark Tech is sandwiched between UAFS and UCA which are two colleges that are experiencing tremendous growth. Due to it being harder to attract students they have been pretty generous with academic scholarship money so that could be a plus. Tech has a very nice field and stadium. We played a tournament there last year and it was a great place to watch a game. One other thing to keep in mind is that UAFS is not part of the GAC, which means they have to travel a lot more. That would be a big negative for me and probably hurts them quite a bit in recruiting.