D1 Baseball+Science+Engineering=?

Depending on the engineering specialty, two strong baseball schools that come to mind are Wichita State and Cal State Fullerton. I have no ideas if the labs can work with baseball schedules.

I'm not sure why you suggest Fullerton. Fullerton is a powerhouse baseball school with some of the lowest academic standards in California. These schools have their pick of the very best players that don't get great grades. A lot more competition than most schools. Then if you look at the majors, more than 50% are majoring in kinesiology. My bet is that this is the easy major that Fullerton baseball pushes these Athlete/Students into.

I think Fullerton would be at the bottom of the list for schools in which the baseball staff would support a tough major.

I can think of several schools in North Carolina....

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West Point, Annapolis, Colorado Springs.....

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55Mom
Several schools in North Carolina... That's great, do you have any names.

The University of Kansas has a school of Engineering that they like to showcase, and Texas A & M would also be an excellent choice for a combination of engineering and baseball. For petroleum engineering, either OU or OSU in Stillwater would be good options.

How about Georgia Tech? Great baseball program and from what I have heard has a very good engineering program.

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Originally posted by dswann:
55Mom
Several schools in North Carolina... That's great, do you have any names.

all of the major D1 (for the most part)

State
Duke
Wake Forest
UNC CH
ECU
ASU

Davidson
UNCC
NC A&T

(I think the last three are D1 and have baseball teams)

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Originally posted by dswann:
Where can you go and play D1 baseball and pursue either a degree in engineering or a science? Are there D1 bb programs that will support academics by making concessions and allowing a player to attend labs and still play. If so, who might they be? After reviewing dozens of rosters and player profiles it's apparent, a player pursuing a degree in engineering or science are pretty scarce even at the Ivy's.

Yes you will find players who are engineering majors.
It's often discouraged at the top D1 level. I knew of one engineering major at son's program, a walk on, he didn't get in much playing time. And many who start out in the engineering programs, often find they have to change their major if they want to stay more involved in baseball.
I often find that engineering majors have to be exceptional students and exceptional ball players to find the balance they are looking for.
Just from my observation, more support and concessions may be encouraged at the D3 level rather than at the D1 level.

Find the school your son is interested and ask the engineering department chairman. You can also check rosters for majors, however with the compacted schedule you might not find as many science majors as you would have two years ago.

I think there are a lot of schools that will try make a science major happen. You just need to ask the school and coach.

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Originally posted by TPM:
I often find that engineering majors have to be exceptional students and exceptional ball players to find the balance they are looking for.
Just from my observation, more support and concessions may be encouraged at the D3 level rather than at the D1 level.

Lots of D1 schools with engineering and science programs. Yes there are freshman and sophmores pursuing these degrees very few junior and senior ball players. TPM I believe your right, lots of attrition to continue playing BB. A D3 school would probably be more likely to make concessions for academics.

How prudent would it be during the recruiting process to inquire about potential academic concessions,with either a D1 or D3 school? I understand a top BB program will not care unless your a #1 overall pick. Trust me I am not talking about a #1 overall. Not even an every day player.He's a LHP which may or may not make a difference in how flexible a coach might be.

When I started the thread. Frankly. It was more out of desperation. Lots of dead ends to the original question. Really the priorities are the stronger the academics the better. I am not trying to pound a square peg into a round hole here. My hope was I would get a few " Hey coach Stetson at Blue River U. has 5 pre med seniors and 4 engineering juniors".

I can only go by our experience. When we went on a visit to where son attended (top D1), the academic advisor (not the coach) more or less told us, that because of the expectation of son's role on the team, it wasn't going to work. Reason being, many engineering labs can be late afternoon or evenings, and they played 2 games per week (as now most on compressed schedule) that definetly was not going to work.
That doesn't mean it's not attainable. One just has to find the right program both for academics and baseball for it to work.

I was a civil engineering student who played D1 baseball. I scheduled most of my labs during the fall, sometimes carrying 19-21 hours to make the spring work. It can be done.

Georgia Tech is an excellent engineering school. Top 5 in most engineering categories and rated #1 in 2, maybe 3 disciplines.

Most baseball players major in business management. A review of their roster indicates that only 4 list engineering as their major, 2 are freshmen, 1 sophomore, and 1 junior.

Many of the suggestions on this web are certainly fine engineering schools - but clicking on Juniors on these rosters for the last 30 minutes, I am not finding any engineering majors (as in zero thus far).

My assumption is that Freshman and even sophomores may be headed down an engineering path - but change by the time they are Juniors.

I have heard the same as the original poster - that it is really hard to be a D1 baseball player and a engineering major - and that few manage to graduate. The last 30 minutes of clicking certainly supports that theory.

dswann,

I didn't have time to elaborate last night, only to let you know that Fullerton was not the answer.

My son and I have looked for a similar fit and it isn't easy. First off, AcademyDad is correct about the military academies. That is the best option that I have seen. The problem is getting in "IF" your boy is even willing to make that commitment.

Some of the college rosters that we have found some ballplayers with engineering majors include UCSD, Stanford, MIT, and some of the Ivies. It seems like the true engineering schools that have a baseball team are the best bets. You are on the right track to look at the rosters for those with engineering majors. I may do some more looking and post some results in this thread.

Some top engineering schools with baseball programs

Stanford
California-Berkeley
University of Illinois
Georgia Tech
University of Michigan
Cornell
University of Texas
Purdue
San Diego
UCLA
Texas A&M
Princeton
Penn State
University of Maryland
Harvard
California-Santa Barbara
Southern California
University of Minnesota
Northwestern
Johns Hopkins
Ohio State
University of Virginia
Columbia
Penn
Duke
North Carolina State
Rice
University of Washington
University of Florida
Yale
University of Massachusetts
Michigan State
University of Arizona
California-Irvine
Rutgers
University of Notre Dame
Lehigh
Northeastern
University of Iowa
Brown
Arizona State

Heard yesterday that one of our Seniors wanted to play ball and major in pharmacy. He was told by the school he could only do that for the first two years - that he would have to drop baseball after his sophomore season.

This is a private school and he would be accepting scollys for academics as well. He has not made a decision.

Here's a DIII school: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/sports/baseball.htm

Brian