Elite baseball national academic team

Which elite team is this?  Maybe someone can help if there's more specific info?

Google says no such team exist under that title.  More details?

It is run by Elite baseball of Lancaster PA

Are you talking about a team focused on high academic recruiting?  Plenty of posters have experience with that.

I still can't find this team through googling.  In fact, all that comes up is this thread.  Is it new?

https://elitebaseball.co/new-contact-page/

this might be it. I Don’t have any info. Sorry.

i just want to know if someone has or had a son playing for them, and if they got recruited. cost a lot so i want to make sure it is legitite

Elite Baseball is a travel organization, they also seem to run showcases, including an academic showcase in November:

https://elitebaseball.co/acade...ollege-coaches-camp/

It seems to cost $300, and has a small but nice list of colleges.  If these colleges are of interest to your son, and he can play at that level, then it could be a good use of money.  D3 schools recruit the summer after junior year and through senior year, so you would want the timing to be right.  Also, you should contact the schools before the showcase, to ask if they are recruiting your son's position in his class, and so they know who he is before the showcase.

If this is some kind of summer showcase/travel team within the larger organization, then you would want to know (a) where they will be playing, (b) what level your son projects to, and whether this is right for him, and (c) who will be the coach/recruiting person for the team, and what they know about schools that he is interested in.

Honestly, I think most high academic parents on this site would say that their son's recruiting was done individually at showcases or school camps, and not via a summer team.  But, it could work if the team has a person with contacts and suitable schools.

thanks for the advice. I will keep it in mind. BTW, it cost about 3500.00

full disclosure I am 2 years removed from the travel circuit but...no just no. They are not an elite organization, I wouldn't even consider them a real competitive organization. They are certainly not an organization that draws top talent in the immediate area. There are many better options IMO

My son's travel team participated in two https://elitebaseball.co/ events in September, one event was a "showcase tournament" - other than getting some gameplay reps in a lost year, not a good use of our time.  Not sure how much COVID impacted the event experience ... our team will NOT be attending any of their events in 2021.

It’s obviously geared towards D3 ...

Beginning with the fall of a student-athletes Junior year in high school, players are eligible to play for one of Elite Baseball’s Showcase Teams.

^^^^ Noticed the same thing, but might not be such a bad thing depending on what pond your fishing in; however, 3500 sounds a little steep if you ask me  -  Look around the area  -  Your not that far from PA/MD/NJ/DE  -  Plenty of quality programs to choose from.

@champdog posted:

BTW, it cost about 3500.00

And for that reason, I'm out

I always though Headfirst was a little steep for almost $1000. With that price you could pay for 3 HF camps and have money for a hotel... and a lot more exposure.

@anotherparent posted:

Elite Baseball is a travel organization, they also seem to run showcases, including an academic showcase in November:

https://elitebaseball.co/acade...ollege-coaches-camp/

It seems to cost $300, and has a small but nice list of colleges.  If these colleges are of interest to your son, and he can play at that level, then it could be a good use of money.  D3 schools recruit the summer after junior year and through senior year, so you would want the timing to be right.  Also, you should contact the schools before the showcase, to ask if they are recruiting your son's position in his class, and so they know who he is before the showcase.

If this is some kind of summer showcase/travel team within the larger organization, then you would want to know (a) where they will be playing, (b) what level your son projects to, and whether this is right for him, and (c) who will be the coach/recruiting person for the team, and what they know about schools that he is interested in.

Honestly, I think most high academic parents on this site would say that their son's recruiting was done individually at showcases or school camps, and not via a summer team.  But, it could work if the team has a person with contacts and suitable schools.

It is now 2024, and I thought I'd update this obscure thread, as I came cross it this past winter when I was researching the Elite Baseball of Lancaster organization. We ultimately took the leap of faith, b/c in 2024, I did not feel the majority of HUGE cattle call showcases represented a prudent allocation of resources, especially after seeing where many of the top performers from 2023 ultimately committed (or didn't). Everyone's journey and experience is different, but this program DID work for us and others. For the class of '25, they have many commits across the board, from D3 to D1 mid major and HA, and I suspect they are almost certainly NOT done. The organization's contact list is rather impressive for schools across all levels, esp in the northeast (Patriot, Liberty, Centennial, Ivy, ACC, Big10 etc), . Their recruiting support, which I underestimated, though without the bells and whistles of fancy spreadsheets and such was done in a more traditional and personal way. Many of the lessons I learned from valuable members here I thought I'd have to actuate on my own were intuitively done on our behalf. I also felt they valued all the kids equally and were working on behalf of ALL of them regardless of talent level. VERY talented bunch of players with great families as well. I watched as one kid committed to an Ivy a few weeks ago and now mine is as well. Some in the thread balked at the cost, but in '24 we paid the same amount and felt we got personalized attention on par with services Ive been told are 3x the cost. Their format did take some getting used to, and the travel/flying for us from the southwest to the northeast could have been arranged preemptively in a more cost efficient manner. @anotherparent 's assessment I've quoted (emphasis mine) was SPOT ON. The organization's ability to assess talent level, place them on an appropriate team within the organization, and then get proper exposure using their extensive college contacts, showcase-style simulated game tourneys, and bigger PG-type events was nothing short of a revelation. So in sum, our experience was a resounding POSITIVE and if your son wants to play in the northeast, I'd highly recommend at least checking them out. PM with any questions.

Wow, congrats to your son!

I can't believe that was written in 2020, it's like before the flood.

Yes, I remember reading this thread and wondering if this is somehow a response to Covid for HA recruiting or if this is the new method of HA recruiting going forward.  $3500 (if that is correct) is a certainly a barrier for many, and I clearly understand that.  It would have been a barrier for me at the time with 3 sons to put through college.

I recall 15 years ago choking on the almost $1K fee for HeadFirst when we signed up in February of his junior year.  My son had high school sophomore travel teammates getting "love" from ACC and SEC schools, but my son was getting very little recruiting attention in his sophomore high school year.  Fast forward to his junior year, and many of his travel teammates had verbally committed to P5 schools.  He was being recruited by local A10 and CAA schools his junior year that did not have his major  So, we dug deep and paid the $1K as an "insurance policy" for HeadFirst so some HA engineering schools could see him.   As it turned out, we got more than $1K in return, and it worked out for us.  Rather than buy a service to assist with customized and tailored recruiting, we did it ourselves with some assistance and guidance.

Everybodys goals, path and timelines are different.   Times are changing, and I never would have thought of a service like this 15 years ago.  Possibly this is the way things are going to be done going forward for HA schools.  It certainly worked for @GratefulNTXlurker..... again, congrats on the recent news.

JMO.

@GratefulNTXlurker posted:

It is now 2024, and I thought I'd update this obscure thread, as I came cross it this past winter when I was researching the Elite Baseball of Lancaster organization. We ultimately took the leap of faith, b/c in 2024, I did not feel the majority of HUGE cattle call showcases represented a prudent allocation of resources, especially after seeing where many of the top performers from 2023 ultimately committed (or didn't). Everyone's journey and experience is different, but this program DID work for us and others. For the class of '25, they have many commits across the board, from D3 to D1 mid major and HA, and I suspect they are almost certainly NOT done. The organization's contact list is rather impressive for schools across all levels, esp in the northeast (Patriot, Liberty, Centennial, Ivy, ACC, Big10 etc), . Their recruiting support, which I underestimated, though without the bells and whistles of fancy spreadsheets and such was done in a more traditional and personal way. Many of the lessons I learned from valuable members here I thought I'd have to actuate on my own were intuitively done on our behalf. I also felt they valued all the kids equally and were working on behalf of ALL of them regardless of talent level. VERY talented bunch of players with great families as well. I watched as one kid committed to an Ivy a few weeks ago and now mine is as well. Some in the thread balked at the cost, but in '24 we paid the same amount and felt we got personalized attention on par with services Ive been told are 3x the cost. Their format did take some getting used to, and the travel/flying for us from the southwest to the northeast could have been arranged preemptively in a more cost efficient manner. @anotherparent 's assessment I've quoted (emphasis mine) was SPOT ON. The organization's ability to assess talent level, place them on an appropriate team within the organization, and then get proper exposure using their extensive college contacts, showcase-style simulated game tourneys, and bigger PG-type events was nothing short of a revelation. So in sum, our experience was a resounding POSITIVE and if your son wants to play in the northeast, I'd highly recommend at least checking them out. PM with any questions.

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