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2019 College Baseball Participation Demographics - Maryland
In 2019, there were an estimate of 313 freshman student-athletes from the state of Maryland on college baseball rosters. 172 played in MD Top out of state PA - 36 VA - 20 Division NCAA-D3 - 118 NCAA-D2 - 84 NCAA-D1 - 63 Top Conferences Region 20 (NCJAA-D2) - (82) Capital Athletic (NCAA-D3) - (30) In 2018, ~5,000 MD Students played High School Baseball. Upon using a factor of 25% are seniors (~313) Disclaimer: Insights are generated based on information extracted before April 15.
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2019 College Baseball Participation Demographics - Michigan
In 2019, there were an estimate of 545 freshman student-athletes from the state of Michigan on college baseball rosters. 451 played in MI Top out of state OH - 30 IN - 15 IL - 10 Division NJCAA-D2 - 208 NCAA-D3 - 97 Top Conferences Region 12 (Division 2) (NJCAA) - (193) Michigan Interco (NCAA-D3) - (87) In 2018, ~17,600 MI students played High School Baseball. Upon using a factor of 25% are seniors (~4400) Disclaimer: Insights are generated based on information extracted before April 15.
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2019 College Baseball Participation Demographics - Illinois
In 2019, there were an estimate of 1107 freshman student-athletes from the state of Illinois on college baseball rosters. 737 played in IL Top out of state WI - 83 IN - 47 Division NCAA-D3 - 338 NJCAA-D2 - 203 Top Conferences Region 04 (NJCAA-D3) - (111) Region 24 MWAC (NJCAA-D2) - (101) In 2018, ~22,200 IL students played High School Baseball. Upon using a factor of 25% are seniors (~5500) Disclaimer: Insights are generated based on information extracted before April 15.
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2019 College Baseball Participation Demographics - Indiana
In 2019, there were an estimate of 419 freshman student-athletes from the state of Indiana on college baseball rosters. 244 played in (IN) Top out of state IL - 66 OH - 43 Division NCAA-D3 - 110 NAIA - 101 Top Conferences Heartland (NCAA-D3) - (56) Crossroads League (NAIA) - (46) In 2018, ~10,500 IN students played High School Baseball. Upon using a factor of 25% are seniors (~2600) Disclaimer: Insights are generated based on information extracted before April 15.
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2019 College Baseball Participation Demographics - Ohio
In 2019, there were an estimate of 709 freshman student-athletes from the state of Ohio on college baseball rosters. 508 played in OH Top out of state PA - 49 IN - 37 Division NCAA-D3 - 236 NCAA-D2 - 144 NCAA-D1 - 96 Top Conferences Ohio Athlete (NCAA-D3) - (117) Region 12 (NCJAA-D2) - (72) In 2018, ~22,500 OH students played High School Baseball. Upon using a factor of 25% are seniors (~5650) Disclaimer: Insights are generated based on information extracted before April 15.
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Postgraduate Year or Gap Year for Ivy League Recruiting (2019 Grad)
Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone had any experience or advice for someone considering a PG or gap year to increase likelihood of being recruited to an Ivy League School. In my case, I am a young 2019 (turned 17 recently) OF that got considerable interest from a few ivies, but ultimately just wasn't good enough baseball wise to get an offer. Academically, I have a 3.85 UW GPA (4.4 Weighted) and 1560 SAT with many APs and honors classes. I also have a huge legacy at Columbia (brother,...
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Value of different PG events
Would like opinions on the value of the different PG events. My 2019 is scheduled to play several PG events this summer (listed below) but I'm wondering how valuable these events are in terms of exposure. Is he better off doing a showcase or will these events generate interest in him from coaches? Generally speaking he wants to play his college ball in the state of Texas so playing at Tx State, U of Houston, TCU and Sam Houston (plus a non-PG Baylor event) seems to make sense to me but are...
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2019 prospect getting anxious without solid offers yet
Would love anyone's thoughts on this. Here is where we're at: My son is a 6'2" 195 pound CF/RHP. Starter on his varsity team since Freshman year. Top-3 player on his travel team, been to IMG, PG (including Lake Pointe) and PBR showcases. Runs a 7.03 60, outfield velocity 92, bat exit velocity 95, top fastball on the mound 87. Plays football (which meant he had to miss a few fall travel tournaments last year) but has been working extremely hard in the off season and barring injury, should...
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2019 C/Utility out of England
I have little to no context of skill or coaching as a player in the United Kingdom, as the baseball infrastructure here is severely lacking. I'm 6'0, 175lb, with a hand-timed record pop time of 2.05. I try and self-coach as much as possible when practices are few and far between, emulating players on Instagram and YouTube. I've played international baseball with Team GB, which is probably at the same level as US high school, and I have a career average in those tournaments of .445. I will be...
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2015 Northern Virginia HS Showcase Camp @ GMU
2015 Northern Virginia HS Showcase Camp @ GMU Grades 9-12 Location: Raymond H. "Hap" Spuhler Field Saturday, September 5, 2015 to Sunday, September 6, 2015 Camp Cost: $250.00 Link: http://collegebaseballcamps.com/patriots If you have any questions...
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2015 Northern Virginia HS Showcase Camp @ GMU
2015 Northern Virginia HS Showcase Camp @ GMU Grades 9-12 Location: Raymond H. "Hap" Spuhler Field Saturday, September 5, 2015 to Sunday, September 6, 2015 Camp Cost: $250.00 Link: http://collegebaseballcamps.com/patriots If you have any questions...
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You should get some well-informed replies. You can also do a search here and find a lot of discussion. From what I have seen the pros are that sometimes it works out absolutely great for the kid, and the cons are that sometimes it's a disaster.
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PROS: Kid can relax and play without the pressure of pleasing. Time can be spent cleaning up/improving their game. Money can be saved, limit travel/tournaments/showcases, go to committed to college's camps. Focus on grades, like baseball they can never be too good. Parents get to post on social media. CONS: Staff that recruited player leaves, RC that loves your son takes another job and HC has no idea who you are. HC is fired, resigns or takes another job. You stop working because you "made...
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^^^^^^^+1...in a nutshell. We were talking about this the other day. If it's a dream school, go for it. If not, why take yourself off the market early?
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Advantages: Gives you a strong sense of affirmation (which is no small thing in a sport defined by failure) Gives you something to crow about to others (how much of an advantage this counts as depends on your personality and situation) Relieves one major source of stress -- uncertainty. Which can be a very major source of stress. Disadvantages: It's a one way street. Teams that might otherwise be interested in you, will stop thinking about you as an option. Which may or may not be a big...
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Welcome to the site. What position does player play and is this a school at the top of his list? Are we talking power 5 D1? These are a few key variables. I'm sure you will get some great responses but also be aware that you can search existing threads in this forum and there are many on this topic. Generally... Some pro's - assuming school is making significant $ investment, less likely that they will recruit more high profile guys at your position better chance of finding a mutual match -...
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What is early? What is the assumed level of academic achievement? What is the assumed number of college choices at the time of committing early? What position is played? What is the level of baseball talent (use a PG rating as the indicator)?
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To amplify on this a bit. My son played with 2 kids who committed to the same major conference school during their sophomore year of HS. It was a dream school for both. One was a 2016, the other a 2017. Subsequently the recruiting coach moved on. 2016 was given an NLI and played extremely for the team this year as a frosh. 2017 was left dangling and never saw an NLI. Fortunately he found a nice mid-level conference match a month or so ago and signed. Sometimes it works out great. Sometimes...
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Just look up top, hit the magnifying glass to do a search...The answer today is the same as it was in 2004...a one way street to nowhere.... Early Commitments http://community.hsbaseballweb...ng=Early+Committment
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I wonder how many kids commit early to their dream school without closely examining if it's the right school baseball wise, academically, geographically, socially and culturally. It can be hard enough for adults to sort this all out. Yet ultimately the kid has to make the decision. Yes, baseball comes first for a top prospect. But a high school sophomore top prospect might not be one by the time he's twenty-one (didn't develop, injury) The other issues matter in the decision. The non...
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Yes indeed. My 2021 is not exactly an early recruit but it is funny how he says "wow it'd be so cool to play for Louisville" when he has literally never set foot in the state of Kentucky let alone has any clue about Louisville's curriculum nor any clue as to what he would major in. He wouldn't have even known that the U of Kentucky's home park is an extreme hitters park as compared to Louisville's park if I hadn't told him.
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Thanks, so with P's, I think you have sort of another sub-set of pro's and cons. Teams carry lots of P's. So, signing the player early and committing $ won't stop school from recruiting hard for more guys like you or better. P's is where most of the $ goes, although that $ is not unlimited. The race to sign arms is the most aggressive, so things happen earlier and, thus, I think there are more misses. Also, injury is most likely to be a factor with P's. And, if player does not develop quite...
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wow if you look over the threads from 04-08 even later you realize how early is...back them the winter of JR year was consider early and somewhat controversial to discuss! Today you are already being looked at by D'3 by them and have been crossed off by D1 and much of D2...the college coaches sure have gotten better at predicting earlier!! Those dumbass coaches of 10 years were way behind!
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Every trip we make this summer for baseball is being tied in with a campus visit to a school of interest in the area. Get an idea for the kind of campus environment your kid desires. We are trying to meet with the baseball staffs at those schools, a little harder to pull off it appears! Just getting one to answer the phone is a challenge.
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Anyone care to give an educated guess (or if you know, even better) how much of the scholarship budget remains by the end of this summer for a major D1's? By class 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020. If anyone knows the same from 10 years ago, that would be a good data point. MLB draft, decommits not withstanding, I will guess zero, zero, 30%, 70%. Anyone?
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Moving on from Heimlich, I thought the question posed by the wonderful and always thoughtful Go44Dad was a great one. Anyone care to postulate intelligentia et scientia?
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My son is a 2020...early commitment has come up often. The trend I am seeing with pitchers is that the super duper OMG this 14 year old is throwing a million miles an hour...those guys are NOT committing early. The 14 year old throwing 85 miles an hour IS committing early. Every now and then it is because it is a local school to them and where they feel comfortable playing. I really can't fault that decision, if that is where they and their parents were always hoping they would go then good...
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"Sounds to me that would be a real good reason to commit early." While all the money may be gone, ironically a bunch of that money is committed twice. Because early comittments are not enforceable, some schools will stockpile comittments and leave the "undeserving" at the proverbial NLI alter. What makes a kid "undeserving?" Coaching change, skills that plateau, draft miscalculations (either for incoming or out going players), grade/score issues, a better player comes along, are a few...
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"What does your kid want out of baseball is the biggest question I would ask." Play at Alex Box stadium. Pitch and bat clean-up.
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From what I've heard, when it comes to Power 5 schools, the earliest a HC/RC will have a true educated guess as to if a player can contribute for them is when they see them as rising Seniors on the biggest Showcase/Tournament diamonds competing against top Power 5 recruits and potential MLB draft picks. Anything earlier than that is mere guesswork and projection. This is an important element that many parents of early commits miss in a huge way. It really depends on the early commit's...
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Welcome to the site. You are getting good advice, but often times what is left out, the most important is, ONLY COMMITT WHEN THE PLAYER FEELS IT IS THE RIGHT FIT FOR HIM. Forget about the coaching staff, nowadays that is secondary. Coaches come and go, that's not going to change. This is their livelihood, and they will decide what is best for their future, and as much as parents don't like that, the coach has a right to improve his earning capacity and what is best for his family. Worst...
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Thanks for all the great replies. The couple replies that stick out is money left for 2017=0%, 2018=0%, 2019=30%, 2020=70%. The other is pitchers is where the money is spent. So my 2019 RHP looks like it would be best to commit fairly soon.
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Leave it to Football: http://bleacherreport.com/arti...m_campaign=editorial
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30%? Plus academic money? I wouldnt take my pitcher off the market for that!!! What people fail to realize is that if a coach wants you, they will always find the money. They just dont want you to know that.
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I can only speak about son's recruitment path. He was a 2015 grad, so fairly recent. We live in very rural south GA. He played on fairly local travel teams until he was "discovered" at an All Star high school game after his sophomore year. It was on the campus of a good kid major program, and the coach brought us in to talk after the game was over. No offer was made, but he wanted us to come back in a few weeks for a visit and offer. We did and son received a good offer. We had no idea what...
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I was literally just told this exact same thing by a Big 10 coach yesterday, when asking for some advice about the risk/reward of taking an offer early. His opinion for my 2019 was to play the invite-only showcases he's already signed up for, be seen by as many coaches as possible and enjoy the process. Then if that early offer still makes the most sense give it more serious consideration.
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Great story YG!! I say do it if it makes sense for you but my son did it the fall of his Jr year and de-committed that next summer. We got caught up. I'll take that blame. Everyone we talked to said take it. Waiting is probably the best advice you can heed, early commitment is a one sided deal for the school. As a side note, when my son wanted to decommit...i feared the "stigma" that comes with that. We talked for a long time about that phone call. The last thing i said to him was "You have...
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Let's do very simple hypothetical: Total Cost to attend: $30,000. # of total scholarships: 11.7. Total scholarship money out of Baseball budget: (30,000 X 11.7) = $351,000. Attrition and graduation 1 year out = 0 (all $351,000 accounted for with incoming and retained players); 2 years out = 0 (all $351,000 accounted for with incoming and retained players); 3 years out = 30% (70% or $245,700 accounted for with incoming 'committed' and retained players. So at a 3 year out recruiting budget the...
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Recently heard of a kid getting a 100% offer in his senior year. Obviously, a special talent but the money was available.
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NTG, Thank you for that lesson. I get it but many dont. A player should never commit because they are afraid there will be no money left. There are other ways to get your education paid for, as you pointed out.
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I put up a hypothetical example in a post earlier in the thread hoping people with more knowledge than I could take a guess as to how a Coach's recruiting budget is shaped at the end of this summer (2017) vs ten years ago. Forget dollars, but just scholarships. Assume the school is a D1 that has a realistic chance of hosting a regional in the next couple of years (maybe 32-36 schools?). That coach has already made some verbal commitments to players, as well as incoming class that has signed...
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As I have said before recruiting is a skill and the best know how to get it right. But i love the speculation on how some have it figured out.
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How would I know that. How would anyone know? Do you know who is on scholarship and who is not? Who got academic and who didn't? Just understand that coaches dont run out of money.