Early signings

Alex Ramsay Severna Park HS - University of Maryland

Bradley Markey, 2010, MIF/RHP, CM Wright, Georgia Tech
Collin Mills, 2010, RHP, FSK, West Virginia
Ryan Welling, 2010, C, Calvert Hall, LaSalle
Troy Marrow, 2010, MIF/3B, Loyola Blakefield, NC Central
KJ Hockaday, 2011, SS/3B, John Carroll, Maryland
Will Bouey, 2011, RHP, Sherwood, Maryland
Tommy Cunningham, 2010, INF/RHP, JH Blake, Indiana
Kyle Convissar, 2010, SS/OF, Severna Park to Maryland
Bret Blevins, 2010, INF/RHP, ??? to Concord
Austin Richards, 2010, C/INF, Georgetown Prep to Maryland
Brandon Glazer, 2010, RHP, Clear Spring to College of Charleston
Mitchell Smith, 2010, OF/1B/LHP, ??? to UNC - Ashville

Sam Beatty, 2010, RHP, Hammond to Shepherd University

Goodness MA Mets,

Neither Hockaday, nor Bouey have been offered an NLI
from Maryland, and thus certainly did not sign and return it.

You are correct. I didn't mean to imply that KJ or Will had signed an NLI. They have not, they have only given a verbal commitment to Maryland.

Congrats to Sam.

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Originally posted by Mid-Atlantic Mets:
Bradley Markey, 2010, MIF/RHP, CM Wright, Georgia Tech
Collin Mills, 2010, RHP, FSK, West Virginia
Ryan Welling, 2010, C, Calvert Hall, LaSalle
Troy Marrow, 2010, MIF/3B, Loyola Blakefield, NC Central
KJ Hockaday, 2011, SS/3B, John Carroll, Maryland
Will Bouey, 2011, RHP, Sherwood, Maryland
Tommy Cunningham, 2010, INF/RHP, JH Blake, Indiana
Kyle Convissar, 2010, SS/OF, Severna Park to Maryland
Bret Blevins, 2010, INF/RHP, ??? to Concord
Austin Richards, 2010, C/INF, Georgetown Prep to Maryland
Brandon Glazer, 2010, RHP, Clear Spring to College of Charleston
Mitchell Smith, 2010, OF/1B/LHP, ??? to UNC - Ashville

What up ....I did not see Austin Richards, 2010, C/INF, Georgetown Prep on Terp 2010-2011 Early Signees list

Michael Draper, 2010, MIF/OF, Mount St. Joe's, Towson

Anne Arundel County
Kyle Convissar INF Severna Park- Maryland
Dominic Fratantuono OF , Gibbons, Towson
Alex Ramsey C, Severna Park, Maryland

Harford County /Baltimore County
Bradley Markey, MIF/RHP, CM Wright, Georgia Tech
Troy Marrow, MIF/3B, Loyola Blakefield, NC Central
Ryan Welling, , C, Calvert Hall, LaSalle
Ryan Swearingen Calvert Hall , Lasalle
Jeff Trimmer Calvert Hall, Fordam
Chris Fusco Key School , Bates

Howard County
Chris Acker RHP/INF, Atholton - Towson
Alec Baum RHP Centennial-, LaSalle
Sam Beatty RHP/Hammond - Shepherd University
Travis Clark RHP/3B Hammond -,University of South Carolina -Aiken.
Michael Draper, MIF/OF, Mount St. Joe's, Towson
Kevin Kratochwill, INF Marriotts Ridge- St Joseph
Nick Marinelli 2B/SS Marriots Ridge HS, Washington College
Kyle Porter OF Good Counsel ,Gulf Coast CC (FL)
Mitchell Smith, OF/1B/LHP Marriotts Ridge, UNC – Ashville
Jake Taylor 1B Good Counsel –Radford
Danny Wissmann , LHP Hammond HS , University of South Carolina -Aiken.
Rod Wotring C Howard HS, Lebanon Valley College

Montgomery County
Chris Betts OF Damascus –Niagara
Charles Flowers OF St.Johns- Citadel
Drew Farber C St.Johns –UNC Wilmington
Brandon Grove INF Good Counsel –UNC Greensboro
Matt Kohn OF Good Counsel Johns Hopkins University
Ryan McGuigan SS Damascus- Long Island
Blake Overmiller C Magruder- Pittsburgh
Kyle Riffe 3B/P, DeMatha, US Naval Academy
Kyle Kirsch C, St. Johns, Delaware
Tommy Cunningham, , INF/RHP, JH Blake, Indiana
Robert Tatum P, Georgetown Prep, Lafayette

Frederick /Washington County
Bradley Banzhoff RHP Clear Springs –Davis and Elkins
Brandon Glazer INF/RHP Clear Springs-College OF Charleston
Christian Wright RHP Urbana-Davis and Elkins
Collin Mills, , RHP, FSK, West Virginia

Southern Maryland
Mike Bowie RHP St.Johns –George Mason
Chris Gaines INF Huntingtown -USC Aiken
Tyler Peed RHP Calvert- USC Aiken
Spencer Wolfe RHP/C Huntingtown -USC-Aiken

Nice list of players and colleges. Sounds like these young men are getting it done on the field and in the classroom. This list says a lot for the continued development of baseball in MD. Congrats to all the players, their coaches, and their families.

St. Johns junior shortstop Nick Howard committed to University of Virginia.

Could someone explain what they mean by "committed"?

When I was "in the game" and had players choosing colleges, I only used the term "committed to university X or college Y" when a player was offered a scholarship (all were partial - the largest pure baseball scholarship I ever saw was a 93% to James Madison Univ.) and accepted.

Have all these players been offered scholarships? Cause if so, that would have to be a record for the state of MD.

There are some kids going to Division 3 schools on the above list, they don't offer athletic scholarships. There are also some Division 2 schools on the above list(ex: South Carolina-Aiken).

I think Larry understands that. I think what he is wondering is if the players mentioned signed LOI and are receiving money to play to those D1 and D2 schools, or are they just planning on going to the school and trying to walk on. Many players plan on attending a college or university, say they are going to play baseball, but the school did not offer any money. Nothing against walking on - it is a great opportunity, but if all of the mentioned players received money from the D1 and D2 school - that would be a fantastic accomplishment for MD.

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Originally posted by hocobaseballfan:
I think Larry understands that. I think what he is wondering is if the players mentioned signed LOI and are receiving money to play to those D1 and D2 schools, or are they just planning on going to the school and trying to walk on. Many players plan on attending a college or university, say they are going to play baseball, but the school did not offer any money. Nothing against walking on - it is a great opportunity, but if all of the mentioned players received money from the D1 and D2 school - that would be a fantastic accomplishment for MD.

Correct...you got my drift. That is why I'm looking for a better definition from the many folks that use the word "committed" on this message board. I wouldn't mind seeing something like:

Player A - got a 25% scholarship from Rambo Univ.
Player B - got a 50% scholarship from "The Duke" Univ.
Player C - will attempt to walk-on at Idaho Normal
Player D - has committed to Univ. of East Bum after the coach invited him to come tryout

While it is tremendous for young men (and women) to continue onto higher education, I would hope a great % of baseball players from the state of MD would be going onto college...baseball or not.

Not trying to be argumentative...just trying to understand the lingo.

I guess my biggest rub, if you could call it that, are these teams who seem to use "committed" as a marketing tool???

I know all of the St. Johns kids have been offered scholarships. I do not want to say how much because that is between them and the school they are going to.

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Correct...you got my drift. That is why I'm looking for a better definition from the many folks that use the word "committed" on this message board. I wouldn't mind seeing something like:

Player A - got a 25% scholarship from Rambo Univ.
Player B - got a 50% scholarship from "The Duke" Univ.
Player C - will attempt to walk-on at Idaho Normal
Player D - has committed to Univ. of East Bum after the coach invited him to come tryout

While it is tremendous for young men (and women) to continue onto higher education, I would hope a great % of baseball players from the state of MD would be going onto college...baseball or not.

Not trying to be argumentative...just trying to understand the lingo.

I guess my biggest rub, if you could call it that, are these teams who seem to use "committed"

Larry,
Although I do agree with you that "committed" is becoming a status for kids, coaches, and teams to throw around for whatever reason, I think there is some sort of "wiggle room" if you will for this scenario. With baseball money limited at many schools whether in the Maryland area or not, many coaches will guarantee a spot to a player without any scholarship. While this obviously isn't binding for either side, I believe that if this has happened (which I believe it has happened to many of the players listed above, then committed is the term being used-when in fact they are a "walk on". These two terms are being mixed because of the negative connotations of the term walk on and the highly renowned status of the word committed. This is what I see, however, I don't see it to be anyone elses business whether a kid is a walk on or scholarship player. This truly is a financial term of which many of us should not be looking to pry into. The importance remains that X player is going to AB or C school. That should be congratulated baseball or not, but more importantly if X player is playing baseball at AB or C school, then it should not matter what the financial situation of the deal is. I guess I'm trying to clarify what why these are all committed player, when in fact you are only TRULY committed with a LOI. This being said, I don't think that these players would put them in a situation to go to a school knowing that they are not going to be playing unless they really love the school. And in that case, that may be the best situation of all.

Happy New Year
Have a Safe One.

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Originally posted by MidAtlanticBaseball:

quote:

Correct...you got my drift. That is why I'm looking for a better definition from the many folks that use the word "committed" on this message board. I wouldn't mind seeing something like:

Player A - got a 25% scholarship from Rambo Univ.
Player B - got a 50% scholarship from "The Duke" Univ.
Player C - will attempt to walk-on at Idaho Normal
Player D - has committed to Univ. of East Bum after the coach invited him to come tryout

While it is tremendous for young men (and women) to continue onto higher education, I would hope a great % of baseball players from the state of MD would be going onto college...baseball or not.

Not trying to be argumentative...just trying to understand the lingo.

I guess my biggest rub, if you could call it that, are these teams who seem to use "committed"

Larry,
Although I do agree with you that "committed" is becoming a status for kids, coaches, and teams to throw around for whatever reason, I think there is some sort of "wiggle room" if you will for this scenario. With baseball money limited at many schools whether in the Maryland area or not, many coaches will guarantee a spot to a player without any scholarship. While this obviously isn't binding for either side, I believe that if this has happened (which I believe it has happened to many of the players listed above, then committed is the term being used-when in fact they are a "walk on". These two terms are being mixed because of the negative connotations of the term walk on and the highly renowned status of the word committed. This is what I see, however, I don't see it to be anyone elses business whether a kid is a walk on or scholarship player. This truly is a financial term of which many of us should not be looking to pry into. The importance remains that X player is going to AB or C school. That should be congratulated baseball or not, but more importantly if X player is playing baseball at AB or C school, then it should not matter what the financial situation of the deal is. I guess I'm trying to clarify what why these are all committed player, when in fact you are only TRULY committed with a LOI. This being said, I don't think that these players would put them in a situation to go to a school knowing that they are not going to be playing unless they really love the school. And in that case, that may be the best situation of all.

Happy New Year
Have a Safe One.

Thank you...that was a fantastic explanation and clears up a lot for me!

The following link is a good source for information on the early LOI DI and DII signees nationwide. Most of the Maryland players listed on this thread appear on the site.

www.collegebaseballinsider.com

The website does show show all NLI signees but it does not show the "verbal" commitments. It is a neat website with lots of information. I used the site to cross check some kids on the Perfect Game website. There are a whole lot of good ball players out there.

Dylan Driscoll-Urbana HS-Amherst College (MA)

Apparently Amherst is the #2 academic college in the country. Congrats to Dylan and Urbana.