Alright, lets be honest...

Is this just baseball money or baseball and academic combined?

Hmmmm - good question. Lets keep it clean and stick with baseball money only. Maybe I'll follow up with a total package later?

D3 folks need not respond then, right

It would be very surprising to see anyone at 100 especially considering the limits at D1/D2.

I think it should be based on All Money offered. Coaches work the dollars to create the package and they explore all sources before they make an offer. At least in my son's case that is how it went down.

Probably the larger the scholarship, the greater the effort of cobbling monies together.

So that is how I responded.

I agree with keeping it just baseball money first and then doing a package poll.

I also assumed that it was based on total cost of attending that school.

No Idea then. Coach said you are responsible for housing, I will take care of everything else. He did, we didn't know or care how. Son lived off campus and could have worked whatever deal he wanted to regarding housing and rent and room mates.

Sorry floridafan - I get to set the rules...my poll!

Seriously, we'll do another with your guidelines in a week or so. Your son shoulda signed an aid letter for the athletic part each year or if that was a different school I think you can make a good guess on the athletic $$ part for this poll.

Have poll to decide the poll. Just kidding

Come on...there are more than 34 people out there with offers!

No option for 0% ?

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No option for 0% ?

Just tried to pick the most common numbers I hear with some amount of $$. There was one slot too few to get 0% in there...but one could answer 25% as the closest number I suppose.

I wanted to separate 90 and 100 because I just know a fair number of players that got 90, but not 100. I wanted 100 to truly mean 100!

(And I have to say I am a little surprised that there are 5 of them on here already...not shocked, but still surprised).

You left out a "less than 25%" option for Division 2 with no mandatory minimum. 10 bucks is 10 bucks.

Justbaseball

Would you like for me to add to the poll the players I coached the last couple of years and their offers?

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Originally posted by shortnquick:
Justbaseball

Would you like for me to add to the poll the players I coached the last couple of years and their offers?

Yeah, why not? Seems like we're just trying to add data here as long as you're pretty confident on reliability.

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Originally posted by shortnquick:
Justbaseball

Would you like for me to add to the poll the players I coached the last couple of years and their offers?

Yeah, like I said...wish there woulda been one more slot for an answer but there wasn't. Just did the best I could.

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Originally posted by justbaseball:

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Originally posted by shortnquick:
Justbaseball

Would you like for me to add to the poll the players I coached the last couple of years and their offers?

Yeah, why not? Seems like we're just trying to add data here as long as you're pretty confident on reliability.

100% reliable as I speak to each of the college coaches. I will add them

Aren't you glad you decided to conduct this poll?

Oops, can't do it. Only one vote or chance to choose. But here are what they signed for.

1-100%
2-90%
2-75%
4-50%
4-25%

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Originally posted by CB Son:
Aren't you glad you decided to conduct this poll?

LOL! More 'complex' than I thought.

But still, might be somewhat useful as a reference point for younger parents? At least I hope so.

Hmmm..should I put 100% or zero?

justbaseball, sorry to possibly muddy the waters further, but I didn't see if you stated anywhere whether you were referring only to four-year schools, or if JUCO offers were also welcome. That could account for a couple of the 100% responses, and in many cases, could make quite a difference.

How do we enter 0 the first year and 25 and 50 after that?

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Originally posted by Doughnutman:
How do we enter 0 the first year and 25 and 50 after that?

Why not just average and put 25 since that seems like the most obvious and accurate answer?

Good point Rick. * is noted.

Something seems to have gone horribly wrong here JB

Well, I tried!

justbaseball,

Are you writing an ebook by chance?

My kid got bupkis. Due to injury he had to walk on. Then there wasn't a roster spot freshman year. This year he's a redshirt freshman still getting bupkis. The coach said the situation will be reviewed following this year. He's getting substantial academic money.

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Originally posted by baseballmom:
justbaseball,

Are you writing an ebook by chance?

How very, very funny.

And for people whose kids came through D1 prior to the 25% minimum.

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Originally posted by AntzDad:
You left out a "less than 25%" option for Division 2 with no mandatory minimum. 10 bucks is 10 bucks.

Check out the D1 scholarship thread below. Did my best to get it right.

Revamped D1 Scholarship Poll

I told my kids going in, their life will be determined on their efforts in the classroom, not on the baseball/softball field. Sometimes I get so focused on my son and baseball, I overlook everything my daughter has accomplishd in just two years out of college. My son went through high school with the pressure of following in her footsteps athletically and academically. Post college she certainly hasn't taken her foot of the pedal in continuing to set the challenge bar high for him.

RJM,

"My son went through high school with the pressure of following in her footsteps athletically and academically"

its the opposite at our house my daughter is following her brother, she's in her Jr. year and its hit her that if she wants to get into the schools she's dreaming about she has to hit the books harder.

Glad to hear your boy is back in the game.

How did he handle being away from the game? Where did he play ball over the summer? Tough to stay sharp and competitive when your not playin.

Best of luck to him.

The summer my son didn't play was after junior year of high school. It was his key showcase year. After playing three scout league games he tore up his knee on Saturday afternoon of the first showcase. He went nuts not just not playing. He also went nuts not being able to do much of anything all summer. He went to a few local games just to be around the guys. But it bothered him to watch and not play.

My son's issue meeting the challenge laid down by his sister wasn't just an internal challenge. In high school his sister was NHS and a three sport star. When he arrived at high school teachers and coaches would ask if he was as talented as his sister.

“The summer my son didn't play was after junior year of high school”

That was understood, I was more interested in how after not making the roster as a freshman how he stayed sharp over the last spring/summer. Did his college coach suggest a team to play for or help him get on a team? Walking on is a tough road, my son has a couple buddies attempting that this fall. I was hoping to use your son’s experience to help them. Sounds like your son made the roster for next season congrats to him.

Sorry to OP didn't intend to hijack a thread.

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Sorry to OP didn't intend to hijack a thread.

No problem! Good questions!

He sucked it up and asked to be a team manager if he could work out with the team whenever possible. While not a catcher he spend time in the bullpen catching pitchers who scared him to death until he got used to it. His former travel coach arranged for him to play on a 20U team.

"he spend time in the bullpen catching pitchers who scared him to death until he got used to it"

thats good stuff! Do whatever it takes, good for him.

One item my son requested being sent to school was our catchers mitt. Pitchers have to catch each other during workouts. Thats one item I can do without around the house.

One father I was talking to last week said his walk on son was PO'd that he was only getting looked at in LF, he wants to play CF. probably only wants to bat clean up also!