Desales University

My son just got recruiting info from them,media guide, ect. I guess they saw him at a tourney that he played in PA. They play a local(mostly) schedule, with a triip to TX in the spring. Son is not interested, but there are a few good D3s in PA--Misericordia, Mulhenberg,Keystone They all play each other, so if he can play at one, he can probably play at any of them. My advice would to pick the best fit academically of the schools in that area if he is interested. Good luck.

Can play is one thing !!

Another thing is do they need players at his position?

As for "son not interested" do not cut the cord---DeSales may be the last school standing at the end--

It really bothers me when kids/parents at this point in the recruitng process say "I am not interested" ---you never know what will happen folks!!!!

If, as we always advise around here, the player is looking for the OVERall fit - location, academics, etc etc., then there's no reason to think this player is erring in judgement on this particular school. His lack of interest could be based on factors completely outside of baseball, so I think it's wise that he is actually willing to 'move on' instead of looking at a school solely for baseball.

TR--the point is that you need to narrow down the search at some point. If son got some sort of recruiting info, ranging from camp invites, to the questionnaire, to media guides, to hand written notes from head coaches from something like 60 different schools, is he really supposed to take them all at equal seriousness? Are they all of equal seriousness on the schools part? Of course not. Its one thing to be polite, fill out the forms, send the coach an email thanking him for his interest, ect. Its another to say Let me spend several hours researching a school that I have no interest in. Even if it werent for baseball, son has absolutely no interest in going to school in the middle of PA, therefore, no interest. However, you make a very valid point when you ask that do they need players at his position. Our son is a pitcher, so sometimes I forget about this fact. I am not in any way attempting to belittle this school, its baseball or its academics. the simple fact of the matter is that it is not for my kid. We knew that as soon as we looked at the postmark.IF there was a full ride in the envelope, it would not have mattered one bit.

High Cheese

What happens if nothing else comes to fruition and you have turned down the one school that had an interest?---it happens, trust me it does

If you have handwritten notes I would take them seriously and do it before they take you off the list of recruits
I think you are on the wrong trail even if you think you have all the answers---YOU NEVER SHUT A DOOR


How many other schools have contacted him to date?

TR--this was supposed to be about Desales, however, since you asked, and the only reason I say this is because you went out of your way to ask, so I went and counted. And please do not take this the wrong way, I understand that I am an Idiot, but son can play a bit. There is some form on communication from 47 different schools. Ranging from Ivy, A-10, SEC, ACC, Big 10 Big 12 Southern Conf, and what not. This includes 32 D1 schools. This includes hand written notes from 12 D1 head coaches, pitching coaches, ect. And you can take it to the bank that these are taken very, very seriously, to the point that we have visited, or will visit EVERY school that fits what son is looking for. A darn sight more seriously that the "Dear Prospective Camper" letters that all of our kids have received. The bottom line is that for us, DeSales was not a good option. And if I thought that I has all the answers, I would not be here, asking questions, and trying to gain as much knowledge from the fine folks here as possible. I know that there is much to learn, however, my son has a pretty good idea of what would be a good fit for him as well. The only reason that I respond is to say that we have some options, for MY son, DeSales is not one of them, and it has NOTHING to do with baseball. If it came down to it, he would go to the school that fits him the best in every other way, and would try to walk on.

And just as an aside, I in no way mean to give TR a hard time. I happen to know for a fact that he works very hard for his kids, and has some very solid connections in the college BB world.