Cost to play college baseball.

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There are so many post-secondary opportunities in your area, also a great deal of competition for college slots. It's a great idea, you getting started on this now. Here are some sites that might help with cost projection. There are others I'm sure.

California Colleges
Sallie Mae
College Bound

The cost of playing college baseball is not the question--- the key is what the college costs are===baseball money will just diminish the overall cost

WestcoastBuckeye:

Do you live near Rocklin? My suggestion you, your wife and your son to visit with Rob Willson, the Head Coach at Serra College, watch their practice and games.

Mention my name and ask your questions. The learning process will begin. When Robert played at the local high school, a young man watched his games.

This young man continued on to SRJC, Long Beach State, pro baseball and now a manager for the Marlins minor league team.

Bob Williams
<www.goodwillseries.org>

That's a tough question to give an honest answer because your son has a bit to go and things will change. Costs vary between division, even among D1 state schools are much less than private. D2 and D3 can cost more to attend than D1 schools. Cost vary also depending upon your financial situation. Right now full scholarships are available for football and basketball, not in baseball. D3 gives no baseball scholarships but high on awarding academic money. It's hard to try to figure out what will be in 7-10 years, but the way things are going under our current system, for some it might be unattainable.
JUCO's are community colleges, and most very affordable. But there are costs for living expenses for each player. If your player goes away from home, there are travel expenses involved for them and you, so close to home may be a better option these days. It's not all about tuition and room and board but all of the other things needed away from home. Cell phones, pc's, tv's, cars, money to exist on, rent, furniture, kitchen stuff, sheets, blankets, etc. These things add up over time

Some states offer prepaid tuition, you pay a plan for todays's rates for tomorrows student. We began daughters when she was young. By 17 we didn't need it and were able to put it in son's name but there was no interest given on the money, in good times we should have set up an account and let interest accumulate, but I am not sure those things exist anymore (good rates). There are other options out there for college savings.

Whole life insurance is very affordable for your young children and a safe investment, and rates are better, you can take out a big policy and let the interest accumulate. Some policies you can borrow against and never have to pay it back, it just devalues the premium if something happens. Seek out advice of a financial planner or life insurance agent. A good option to try to save for your children's education.

Make sure he has really good grades, I was amazed how many times college coaches asked about grades. Also get a head start on the ACT and SAT tests...those are important as well. If a player can combine athletic and academic scholarships it will be a great asset. Those things will not change but tuition will.

The cost of playing college baseball? Good question.

It really depends on how much you want to spend. It all starts with recreational baseball at an early age --- maybe a $100.00 a year. The costs escalate drastically over the next 10 years peaking during the junior and senior year of HIGH SCHOOL. You will become very confused in the latter years and probably succumb to marketing efforts of those wanting your money promising to promote your son. The cost diminish to a tolerable amount once he goes to college. And all along you thought the high cost of playing college baseball was going to be paid to the bursar's office.
Fungo

Thanks for the great advice.We are trying to be
prepared.

Buckeye,

I am in the Sierra Nevada Mountains also. Given that there are no Juco's within driving distance, my son rents a room for $300 per month along with four other students that go to a UC near his Juco. Most Juco players at the Central Valley school my son attends live at their parents home and commute. We give him another $150-200 per month for gas and living expenses. Tuition is about $400 per semester and bookes are another $400. You may be eligible for some financial aid if your household income is pretty low.

At one point my son was being recruited by a CA D2 which was going to cost about $12-14,000 per year including a dorm room and meal plan. Any scholarship would have brought this amount down. But the school only had about 4 full baseball scholarships to divide up among many top players, so anything a player gets is relatively low.

As TPM says, its hard to say what costs will be when your son goes to college.

Don't underestimate the importance of good grades in the right courses in HS. Don't underestimate the difficulty in being good enough to play college baseball either.

Bob
We live in Placerville less than an hour from
Sierra College.I have heard great things about
Sierra and Sac City College.Thanks for the info.
Steve

quote:

Originally posted by Bob Williams:
WestcoastBuckeye:

Do you live near Rocklin? My suggestion you, your wife and your son to visit with Rob Willson, the Head Coach at Serra College, watch their practice and games.

Mention my name and ask your questions. The learning process will begin. When Robert played at the local high school, a young man watched his games.

This young man continued on to SRJC, Long Beach State, pro baseball and now a manager for the Marlins minor league team.

Bob Williams
<www.goodwillseries.org>