Best way to be seen by some PA colleges?

Contact Villanova about Atlantic 100. Check the All-Star Baseball Academy (West Chester) website for other area showcases. You could check with these schools if they intend to attend SelectFest in NJ. SelectFest tends to be D1, top D2 and top D3.

Headfirst was a great one for my son. Several good Pa schools where there check their web site to see who went last year.... Selectfest is another great one but you have to be invited.

RJM suggestion of contacting All star is a good one they usually have showcases that have many of these schools


Good luck!

Directly email the coaches and have your son tell them of his interest in the schools. Also have him ask which showcases and camps they they plan on being at this summer. The head coaches are all good guys, and will more then likely let you know what they are doing. Why guess at and wonder?

Make sure you have him tell the coaches that he will be at the event, so they will know to look for him.

I am a M'berg alumni, and loved it there!

this year we. ourteam will be in a labor day showcase tournament in scranton and wil be playing at Misiricordia--we are talking with a few other colleges in PA as well----rather than them coming to us we go to them--the same with our NEW HAMPSHIRE TOURNAMENT in mid july-- we play at FRANKLIN PIERCE, SNHU, KEENE STATE AND ST ANSELMS

Thanks everyone for the input.

Re: Select Fest

If your son is in a showcase program the coach can get him invited. He will also need a pro scout reference. These aren't as hard to get as you might think. Some showcase and high school coaches (sometimes even umpires) are some level of scout.

Re: Selectfest. I am not sure if RJM was refering not being hard to get a pro recommendation or not hard getting an invite to Selectfest but I know good ball players that wanted to go to selectfest but did not get invite. So the early you start asking about it the better. IMO it was a very good showcase with great particpation by college coaches.

FYI...Ursinus is having a camp on Sunday, Feb. 26. Could meet the players and coaches and see the school. Beautiful campus.

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Thanks again for the suggestions.

Hi twotex -

PA has so many of those terrific smaller LACs.

Juniata, Dickinson, Ursinus, Elizabethtown, Muhlenberg, F and M. DeSales, which is Catholic.

I know nothing about baseball at any of those places but all offer strong academics, supportive campus, with 'not impossible' admission criteria. I have had very happy students at most of them.

And, Drew in NJ is a gem for that tier of academics.

You might to look at The DeMarini TOP 96 College Coaches Prospect Camps. There is one they hold at Lafayette.My son received numerous calls from the type of schools you are looking at after attending.

Cardinals scout Tom Shields. used to run a showcase at Shippensburg University in the fall..

Usually very well attended by PA college coaches and pros.......Rangers, Rockies and Cardinals scouts...