2011 recruit question

I would suggest that you get in contact with those East Coast schools long before November rolls around. By November, it will almost certainly be too late, particularly at high caliber baseball programs.

Feel free to PM me with any specific questions you might have.

How about getting an invite to a East Coast Summer Travel team and come in for a few of their tournaments is the region


We have a number of kids do this with us every year

Why not just go to the Headfirst Showcase in Sacramento? Late June this year. All the eastern colleges come to it.

Agree with all posters here. Get in front of these schools sooner rather than later. If Head First is the camp that you have selected based upon the schools participating get front of them now.

Most are academically minded which means in some way or another Admissions will be involved in the acdemic/athletic admitting decision. You will want to be in front of this, rather than getting what is left over by Fall in my opinion.

My son attended Head First last year, and it was one of the best events he attended in his baseball career.

Also some of the former participating Head First schools have formed another camp GPA (Grades plus Athletics) for academically minded baseball players. My understanding is GPA is UPenn, Yale, Brown, Cornell, Georgetown, Richmond and Wake Forest.

Best of luck!

Thank you for your replies, very helpful.

Well, I thought I'd update you good folks on our decision.

We just booked the trip to head back for Headfirst III in Long Island in early August. Then, we'll spend a few days visiting schools from NY to MA to get a better feel for the area. Our son is RHP, 6' 3" still pretty immature physically. Pitches at 82 - 84 with movement and command. Velocity is just now emerging, though so its very hard to project how that will develop in coming years. He is currently targeting D3 as the best fit baseball-wise. It should be a great week.

I wonder if there will be any other So Cal boys at this event.

I might go, but I'm from norcal.

HeadFirst holds a great event, with lots and lots of eastern coaches, right over there in Rocklin, CA. Haven't looked at the dates - it may have happened last weekend, or maybe it's this coming weekend........

Thanks.

We were aware of the Rocklin Headfirst location, but the Long Island event listed nearly double the number of attending schools. There were some last minute additions to the Rocklin coaching roster, including a couple from schools of great interest, but it was too late to change. Even still, the Long Island events host far more schools. Plus, our kid will get a feel for the East.

If you want your kid to get a "feel" for the east, go in Dec/Jan

Very true! But don't underestimate the heat and humidity of August either.......