It is the season for submitting applications for admission to colleges (for 2025s). Son has been submitting to schools that he would like to attend without baseball (Plan B-G). If he is accepted to a school, is it a good idea to contact the coaches and let them know that he has already been accepted to attend? Not sure if by doing this it would open just a bunch of walk-on offers with no real need, or may just muddy the waters.
Just wondering what the HSBaseballweb brain trust thinks.
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@TxballDad posted:It is the season for submitting applications for admission to colleges (for 2025s). Son has been submitting to schools that he would like to attend without baseball (Plan B-G). If he is accepted to a school, is it a good idea to contact the coaches and let them know that he has already been accepted to attend? Not sure if by doing this it would open just a bunch of walk-on offers with no real need, or may just muddy the waters.
Just wondering what the HSBaseballweb brain trust thinks.
Hi.
If your son wants to play baseball at a school where he's accepted an admissions offer, I'm sure the coaches wouldn't mind hearing from him - he's a 'free' player for them, not taking up any of their chits with admissions nor any scholarship money.
Of course, their response might be different at say Vanderbilt than at a D3.
Many colleges hold open tryouts in the Fall.
If he's contacting the coaches after he's received an offer of admission to determine if they will give him a scholarship or a PWO position before he accepts, that's not great look unless he previously was recruited by them.
@SpeedDemon posted:Many colleges hold open tryouts in the Fall.
Things are so different now, but I thought the schools (D1?) "had" to have open tryouts in the fall. Mind you, they don't have to advertise the tryout.
Walking on now is so “not normal” bigger schools don’t have walk on or tryouts because they can get anyone and they recruit who they want!
do baseball camps contact the coaches via email or in person at the camps to make a connection.
@NY posted:
do baseball camps contact the coaches via email or in person at the camps to make a connection.
That is being done. We are talking last resort type situation. Best case is he gets an offer from a school he wants to go to and none of this is needed. By the way not talking P5/high level baseball schools. If we have not heard anything by now, we know that is not in the cards. The way college baseball is going, don't think that would be a good idea anyway. IMO
I just asked a coach that I know very well. 
His answer was that it depends on the program. They do not do it at the D1 he is at, but possibly at a mid D1 program.
@TxballDad posted:That is being done. We are talking last resort type situation. Best case is he gets an offer from a school he wants to go to and none of this is needed. By the way not talking P5/high level baseball schools. If we have not heard anything by now, we know that is not in the cards. The way college baseball is going, don't think that would be a good idea anyway. IMO
Friendly reminder that all D3 players are essentially walk-ons if that's the level he's targeting.
@TxballDad posted:It is the season for submitting applications for admission to colleges (for 2025s). Son has been submitting to schools that he would like to attend without baseball (Plan B-G). If he is accepted to a school, is it a good idea to contact the coaches and let them know that he has already been accepted to attend? Not sure if by doing this it would open just a bunch of walk-on offers with no real need, or may just muddy the waters.
Just wondering what the HSBaseballweb brain trust thinks.
Certainly, there are no guarantees of anything, but its not going to cost your son anything to ask.
Additionally, there may be Club baseball your son could pursue if he really gets that baseball itch later on.
Great suggestion!
@keewart posted:Things are so different now, but I thought the schools (D1?) "had" to have open tryouts in the fall. Mind you, they don't have to advertise the tryout.
A friend’s son thought he was walking on at a CAA school in Virginia. about fifteen years ago. They warmed up for fifteen minutes. They were thanked for coming and told the team wouldn’t be needing additional players.
