Harvard Baseball

They are annually in the hunt for the Ivy Title every year

Regularly have players drafted

Coaching staff is excellent

Facilities are fine

Hope that this helps

Also, unlike most programs, they have a JV team, the presence of which expands the possibilities for you to participate in their program. Hopkins is another school with a JV program. Not sure of others.

These JV programs will typically play local JuCo programs.

harvard's baseball coach is named joe walsh. Good guy very nice, very competitive. They usually compete with Princeton for ivy leage crown. This year they got to the college world series regionals but lost their first game two games to Cal St. Fullerton

The best thing about playing baseball for Harvard is getting a degree from Harvard.

I am not putting down the team...they are a great Ivy team. There are some negatives, though, like weather (cold) and lack of fan support. Also, my daughter tells me that Harvard athletes aren't the celebrities they are at most schools.

But what an opportunity...to receive a diploma from Harvard!!!! Are you kidding me???? That more than makes up for it.

I heard that Harvard's assistant coach Matt Hyde has resigned. Anyone else heard anything?

Trivia Question:
Why is the IVY league called the IVY League?

(Hint: It's not because of ivy on the walls)

I love riddles so I will take some really wild stabs at this.

1. It has something to do with the Roman numeral four (IV)...like maybe there were originally four schools in it.

2. Ivy grows on top of stuff...so maybe it is an allusion to being the "best of the best" kind of thing.

3. Perhaps it is an acronym...like maybe standing for something like "Intelligence, Veracity, Youth".

4. Is it an acronym for some Latin words?

Obviously, you can tell I am not intelligent enough to attend one of them.

Ace:
You guessed it!

Originally four teams in the league, hence the roman numeral IV

Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth.

The original "IV League."

Have to dispute the Ivy name trivia

There was never a (4) IV team league. In the early 1900's Princeton, Yale and Harvard formed the Big Three. In the 1930's a sportswriter coined the phrase ivy referring to the ivy covered walls of many northeastern schools and other sportwriters picked up on this creating over time a fictional "ivy league" that included today's 8 members, plus army and navy.

In the late 40's or 50's the Presidents of the 8 (to be) Ivies formed a coaltion of sorts with respect to athletics as well as academics and dubbed it the Ivy group. This soon then became the Ivy league.

As such, any formal alliance went from 3 (Harvard, Yale and Princton) to eight. There never was a group of 4 (so no IV). the name is just an evolution from a sports writer's pen.
(The other answer though is far more fun).

Now, how 'bout why does the Pac10 have only 9 baseball participants (although they recently did have 10, but not all were Pac10 schools) or why the big10 isn't 10 at all.

Dear GitErDone

I saw Matt Hyde working with the Harvard baseball team yesterday afternoon.He runs an instructional clinic for high school kids prior to baseball practice.Infact he was working with my son on a catching drill. It would be shame if he has resigned because he is a nice guy and a very good instructor. But I can ask him or I can call him if you need to know.
Urout

Read the real story. History of name is towards the bottom.

History of the Ivy League

Heck, I was pretty close

It is true that Matt has resigned.

It is my understanding that Tom LoRicco is replacing him. Tom called me the day he was confirmed for the position

Any idea where Coach Hyde is going?

Have not heard anything to date

I heard Harvard has a huge JV team. This was news to me. Who else has JV teams?

Can anyone explain how this works? Is this where you go if you don't make the travel team? How is this different from club teams? Who do you play against?

TR,

Just read this. Great news for Tom and Harvard.

Please tell Tom I sent my congrats.

Its

I will

Tom officially comes on board as full time assistant this Monday, 10/3/05

I was told by the coaches at Harvard that the JV team was eliminated in 1999.

I am currenlty speaking with them about going to the school and no mention of a JV team..

That's strange about the JV not existing. My son played Ivy League ball from 2000-2004 and I was positive that some of the players on Harvard's team came up from their JV - maybe they have a freshman team??? I just asked my husband and he was under the same impression.

I heard about the JV team from a reliable source just recently. Also their roster lists Paul Sullivan as "Head JV Coach."

I saw the reference to Paul Sullivan as well. I believe this he may coach the clubteam.

The current updated website shows Coach sullivan as Volunteer Assistant no mention of JV

I have a call into them to get the facts, nuttin but the facts.

Here is the scoop

They do have a JV team but is not publicized not do they recruit for it--it is usually walk on candidates who play on the JV and they play plus or minus 18 to 18 games every spring

Hope this helps you

Thanks for the info, would these player be listed on their current roster or some other roster such as club roster. Again the reason I ask is when I do a search at the site for JV baseball nothing comes up..

From what they told me it is usually the walk ons who don't make the varsity that play on the "JV"

They do not publicize the team

Matt Hyde told me he's going to get into scouting

As to the JV issue- (in '04) my son was offered a spot on the Harvard JV team for the 2005 season. As I recall they provided a copy of the schedule which was essentially against local Juco teams. As posted above, I was unable to find anything on their website whatsoever regarding a JV program, but the letter from the coach was very specific in this regard as to the JV "invite".

I believe there are other east coast schools that have JV programs. Babson and Johns Hopkins come to mind. Not sure of others. Out here on the West Coast, not heard of any schools that still field JV teams.

HeyBatter,
Just curious...at what point in the recruiting process was your son made this offer? Had he already applied or been accepted? Or was he being encouraged to apply? Thanks!

GitErDone- if I recall, my son was contacted by them around December/January of his senior year. They indicated that they had already filled their varsity recruits, but had just learned about him and if he was interested they had a spot for him on the JV team for his freshman year. Really not sure how it came about and and while honored by the offer, he didn't pursue it as he had already decided on where he wanted to attend/play.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

For years one of our major goals was to have one of our attendees attend Harvard. Now more than half of Harvard’s roster are former PG attendees. It’s a great feeling!

Head coach Joe Walsh has become a good friend and we would suggest anyone call him if we ever needed a reference.

The biggest thing Harvard has to offer is a HARVARD EDUCATION. Not many can claim that!

Matt Hyde is now the NE area supervisor of scouting for the New York Yankees. He is very talented as all who know him realize.

Joe Walsh is one of the best and most respected college coaches in the country at any level. There have been high draft picks come out of his program. However, it’s still all about getting a degree from Harvard… That’s the big prize!!! And it’s a real big deal!!!!

Being a baseball player at Harvard (varsity, JV, or whatever) is great… Being a graduate of Harvard is much, much greater!

"Just curious...at what point in the recruiting process was your son made this offer? Had he already applied or been accepted? Or was he being encouraged to apply? Thanks!"

GitErDone

Coach Walsh recruited my son to play at Harvard. He is honored and has been accepted Early Action to attend with the class of 2010. He went to a camp held at Harvard.

No offer was ever made, the coached said he would like him to come and play; he applied EA. Once he was accepted by admission it was final. As much as you may want to believe the coach has pull he really has very little you must meet the strict Academic standards and the academic index

Good luck

TKD,

Congratulations to you and your son! I can tell from your posts you have done your homework... obviously your son has done his too... :0)

Please keep us posted on his experience. I believe you will have a lot to share with the HSBB Web community. Your perspective based on your experience will not be shared by most of the participants on this forum. To my knowledge there are only a few parents here with Ivy BB players.

Coach Walsh is great guy… period. We should all be so lucky as to have our sons in his charge.

Regardless of how others viewed some of your questions and posts regarding the Ivy League I believe you were only clarifying in an effort to educate not castigate. Please keep up the good work. We all could use a breath of fresh air!

TKD - Congratulations on your son's acceptance. You are correct that the admissions office has the last word in your son's admission to Harvard.

You will do a real service to the HSBaseball web by helping others navigate the confusing world of Ivy baseball. You will also come across many people who think you have 'an attitude' because your son attends Harvard. I ended up leaving the website for a while because someone kept attacking me - now his son attends an Ivy. You are in a unique position - enjoy!

Mom...I apologize.

Went to visit him a couple of weeks ago and took a day trip to NYCity.

3 of the best days we've had together since he was a little boy.

Beenthere: I was just trying to warn him about what he could experience should he post about the Ivies.

I couldn't be more thrilled for you that your son has found a wonderful home. You should be so proud of him. I'm glad you are enjoying your days with him as well. All is good!!!! Definitely no need to apologize! (Isn't it amazing,though, many people's reactions to the school!!!).

quote:

3 of the best days we've had together since he was a little boy.

Been,

Awesome post. Congratulations.

May ALL of our posters have your sort of "attitude," NYMom. Your thoughtful, informative posts have helped MANY recruited players and their families fare better than they would have otherwise; particularly as it involves the Ivies. That certainly was the case in our instance, and we'll always appreciate it.

Meanwhile, I'd like to add my congratulations to TKD's son, as well.

Thanks so much for the kind words, Prepster. Wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday season!!!