2020 verbally committed today. This forum was a tremendous help. Thank you all.
Now 1 more to go ;-)
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Congratulations!
Fantasmagopoulis! Congratulations to your son + the family!
Congrats!
Congrats! Make sure he continues to work like he hasn't committed. The hard work is just beginning.
Picked Off posted:Congrats! Make sure he continues to work like he hasn't committed. The hard work is just beginning.
Yep, 13 months until fall tryouts!
M or Q?
NYCDAD:
Congratulations to you and your son. Hope he's heading somewhere where you can catch several of his games. 
With the early recruiting going on, not much time until recruitment heats up with your younger son.
Congrats to your son and the family NYC dad!
Fantastic news NYCDad. I have to reiterate Ripken Fans comment. I hope it is somewhere that you can attend his games.
Thank you all. Yes, it's about a 2 hour drive away, and I've already read the tailgating policy...
Few things I learned during this process; As other have said, being on a team and/or having coaches that have college connections was invaluable. My son wouldn't be in the spot he is today without them, but a few things we had to navigate.
1) Too many cooks in the kitchen. In our case there were a few times where multiple coaches/contacts would be reaching out on son's behalf. All may mean well, but can lead to communication issues.
2) Once your kid's coach makes the connection, have your son take over. Meaning, you want your son to be dealing directly with the college, not going through his coach once the initial introduction is done.
3) Your coach is trying to get your entire team recruited, in some cases with larger organizations it may be multiple teams. While the coaches may have the best of intentions, they may only be looking at the baseball side of things and trying to get as many players placed as possible and not be fully aligned with every kid's best interest. Hope this makes sense.
Celebrate! Celebrate! Dance to the Muzzzaaack!
No letting up! Grades are still important!
Yep, he's done with his SATs, and his JR year was his best year, raised his GPA by almost 2 points. Besides an AP course next year he will have a pretty light schedule.
Congratulations!
Congratulations. With the geography of the conference you will get to see a lot of games.
Congrats! What school will your son be attending?
Congratulations!
camb3232 posted:Congrats! What school will your son be attending?
Thank you. I'd rather not say publicly at least until the NLI is signed. It is a D1 in the northeast.
Congratulations!
Congrats NY dad! Kudos to your son..exciting road ahead.
That is awesome A. Congrats to your oldest!
Congrats!
And signed....I can be a bit paranoid so was holding my breath until oldest got his NLI and returned it today. Applied ED, and has everything in. Hasn't officially been admitted yet but they've also confirmed his merit award amount (could have varied by a few k either way depending on applicants), so we're set.
This board is a great resource, I saw something recently on Instagram of someone trying to sell their services as a "recruiting consultant" and it was as much of a train wreck as you'd expect.
Congrats to the family.
Congrats!
Again, Congrats! I was the same way when waiting for that NLI to arrive and sign.
Great news to hear NYCDAD. Congratulations to your ballplayer + the family ~ exciting times!
Congrats NYCDAD. Exciting day for many student athletes and their families.
Way to go, NYCDAD! Feels great, yeah?
So, now you exhale! Stay up on grades! Congrats, again!
Congratulations and enjoy the relief! We too signed yesterday and I was being superstitious about it all until it was signed, sent back to the school and they confirmed he is all set!
I hope to see many more success stories on the forum for years to come! I'm sticking around, even though he was my one and only!
Best wishes to all the signees and parents!
Now it starts...congrats.
Great to see! Congrats
Awesome , Congratulations!
Congratulations!