Does anyone have thoughts on any Northeast Colleges? Son has a list of 20 plus he is starting out with, all over New England and the tri state area. He’s a 2025 with velo close to 90 and good size and projectables. I expect he’ll head into summer season sitting 88-89 and topping 90, good control and 2 good off speed pitches. He’s a kid who will likely end up throwing mid 90’s plus by senior year. Any schools you think he should consider reaching out to? Avoid? Thanks.
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NE Mom:
Have you considered Dartmouth? Bob Whalen, Head Coach [34 years].
We have worked at the Stanford Camps for many years. Check his roster.
Bob
@Northeastmom posted:Does anyone have thoughts on any Northeast Colleges? Son has a list of 20 plus he is starting out with, all over New England and the tri state area. He’s a 2025 with velo close to 90 and good size and projectables. I expect he’ll head into summer season sitting 88-89 and topping 90, good control and 2 good off speed pitches. He’s a kid who will likely end up throwing mid 90’s plus by senior year. Any schools you think he should consider reaching out to? Avoid? Thanks.
How are his academics? Would impact recommendations.
How good of a student is he? Is he organized? My son is attending a HA D3 and he is absolutely grateful that the facilities, dorms, dining hall. class rooms, study halls etc are within walking distance. For him every minute saved counts and his days are often 14-16 hours of school/baseball.
Outside Ivies with his potential the only schools to consider are.BC and UConn. The upside to BC is ACC. The downside is usually a lot of losing in the ACC.
Most pitchers with your son’s potential leave New England. The year Vanderbilt won the CWS their #1, #2, closer and cleanup hitter were all from Massachusetts.
@Wechson posted:How are his academics? Would impact recommendations.
He has an unweighted 3.9 GPA and a mix of honors and AP classes. Not a great test taker and works hard for his grades, so doubtful his SAT scores will be high enough for Ivy’s. PSAT’s we’re around a 1250 equivalent.
@Northeastmom posted:He has an unweighted 3.9 GPA and a mix of honors and AP classes. Not a great test taker and works hard for his grades, so doubtful his SAT scores will be high enough for Ivy’s. PSAT’s we’re around a 1250 equivalent.
My son got his SATs from 1200 to 1320 with a personal SAT tutor. He was a very bright student (graduated top 3% of class) who didn’t do standardized testing well. The tutor trained him for the tests.
@RJM posted:Outside Ivies with his potential the only schools to consider are.BC and UConn. The upside to BC is ACC. The downside is usually a lot of losing in the ACC.
Most pitchers with your son’s potential leave New England. The year.Vanderbilt won the CWS their #1, #2, closer and cleanup hitter were all from Massachusetts.
Thanks- we have tried with him but he is a Northeast baseball kid. He’ll be in the mix of pitchers watched by those schools I’m sure but if that doesn’t work out, he needs a bigger list. Since he is stuck on location he has to be flexible with college program I think. Maybe I’m wrong but it doesn’t feel like 90 as a sophomore is what it once was.
@Consultant posted:NE Mom:
Have you considered Dartmouth? Bob Whalen, Head Coach [34 years].
We have worked at the Stanford Camps for many years. Check his roster.
Bob
I don’t think his SAT scores or academic interest is at that level. He is a good student but not a great test taker. 1250 PSAT’s and not much interest in improving his score on SAT’s.
@Northeastmom posted:Thanks- we have tried with him but he is a Northeast baseball kid. He’ll be in the mix of pitchers watched by those schools I’m sure but if that doesn’t work out, he needs a bigger list. Since he is stuck on location he has to be flexible with college program I think. Maybe I’m wrong but it doesn’t feel like 90 as a sophomore is what it once was.
A physically big kid throwing 90 as a soph can be seen by a college coach as a kid who projects mid 90’s by college.
@Northeastmom posted:Thanks- we have tried with him but he is a Northeast baseball kid. He’ll be in the mix of pitchers watched by those schools I’m sure but if that doesn’t work out, he needs a bigger list. Since he is stuck on location he has to be flexible with college program I think. Maybe I’m wrong but it doesn’t feel like 90 as a sophomore is what it once was.
Given projection and academics I'd say Patriot League, UConn, BC, Bing, Fairfield, Northeastern.
Bucknell, Lehigh, Villanova Delaware St Joes…. Asking about finding a great college in the NE is like trying to find a beach in Florida.
@old_school posted:Bucknell, Lehigh, Villanova Delaware St Joes…. Asking about finding a great college in the NE is like trying to find a beach in Florida.
Haha, by great I probably should have specified great baseball program. Academics aren’t a huge issue provided they have his major. Good academics are fine, elite not necessary if that makes sense.
@Northeastmom posted:Haha, by great I probably should have specified great baseball program. Academics aren’t a huge issue provided they have his major. Good academics are fine, elite not necessary if that makes sense.
If you're willing to expand the terrain a little bit Michigan, Pitt, Rutgers and Maryland all certainly good/great schools and top tier baseball. Given your parameters, the list isn't super expansive after UConn, BC, Northeastern.
I definitely consider NJ and the eastern part of PA the "East Coast" and "North East" - I always thought Delware was the middle ground between the northeast and mid Atlantic.
Semantics aside - BC and UConn are not in the same world as the Patriot League. There is very good baseball in that area, there is competitive baseball in that area, and there is lower level D1 ball in that area.
Sit down with his travel program and decide which they think he can play at. Then reach out and see what the feedback is. The schools showing interest determine where he ends up, not the schools he'd necessarily be interested in.
@Northeastmom posted:Haha, by great I probably should have specified great baseball program. Academics aren’t a huge issue provided they have his major. Good academics are fine, elite not necessary if that makes sense.
Outside of BC and UCONN, I think Northeastern, Fairfield, URI, Bryant University meet that criteria. Good academics in mid-major conferences. Not sure what major he is considering so a match is needed there.
https://www.collegefactual.com...vision1/new-england/
Good luck.
There’s a good chance ivies remain test optional so I wouldn’t write them off on that basis alone - especially given your geographic limitations. Columbia and Penn in particular are probably stronger baseball programs than the Patriot League and a lot of other mid-majors in the Northeast.
BC having a very good start to their season in the ACC I think PC Vance from RI who is now there is very good. Maryland or Rutgers should be on your radar. Though Rutgers is *very* NJ heavy if you look at their roter.(Owens has done a great job turning that program around). The PC at Columbia is very good. He comes from a school that recruited my oldest this past off season.
I don't know where you play summer ball, but if your son is on the level of UCONN and BC, I think they would have reached out already. That was the expereince with my 2022 who had about the same metrics as a RHP. He did not have as good grades.
Bryant is always good, but can never get over the hump in the conference playoffs and have moved to another conference now. Know kids that play there and love it.
Everyone throws hard now, need to get outs. Go out throwing an upper 70s slider and get outs with it, you can probably play in most places in the NE that isn't a P5 or UCONN.
Does he know what he wants to study? Besides the great schools listed, Rhode Island, Fordham, and Holy Cross come to mind.
St. John’s often gets overlooked because of its recent lack of success but it has a strong baseball tradition and has had a number of recent commits with similar profiles to your son’s.
