Headfirst Academic Showcase Camp

Never been, but I hear it's a great showcase to attend if you are a top tier student and want to go to a good academic school. I hear it's run well and has been a great experience for those who have gone. If you do a search you should find a discussion.

I'm wondering what would be the best year to attend? As a rising sophmore, junior, or senior? It's pretty pricey.

Congrats mtownfan! I got the e-mail too, and if you don't mind I would like to add a question to this thread.

What is the level of talent at this showcase? I know that might sound like a strange question, but I feel that its something I would want to know going into the event. Btw, I'm talking moreso about the Richmond than the Cal or Fla ones because I am planning to attend the Richmond one.

Thanks alot.

I'm most interested in the Richmond one as well. Although I may be interested in Sacramento as well.

Do a search for "headfirst" under the "find" function at the top of the page, and you'll find a number of threads on this camp. Here is a link to one:

http://hsbaseballweb.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6686003481/...571091061#2571091061

It is outstanding. As far as the talent level, I am not the one who could answer that, especially since we are several years away from son's last participation (in 2003). I think that if you look at the list of colleges attending you will see an assortment of D1 and D3s of different levels. I always love to endorse this showcase. It is just great and the people who run it, starting with Brendan Sullivan, are tops.

My son got an HF invite as well, but the Cali one is precisely the two days right after the Stanford Camp ends, so I'm assuming many, if not all, of the same coaches will be at Stanford. Hoping, anyway.

There probably will be some overlap. Headfirst's website keeps an updated list of schools coming. This is the first year of the Sacramento site and I am glad they are coming out here too. The two camps are different in their size and the way they are run, but there are probably some similarities too--you will hear wonderful things about both of them. Since Brendan was a Stanford pitcher, I wouldn't be surprised to hear that there is a lot of mutual respect between the two camps!

Check the list.......if you have an interest in 2 or 3 of the schools (or maybe just 1).......GO! My 08 went to the Richmond showcase last year. It was well run and Sully does a great job.

As far as talent goes, we have been to a number of regional and National Showcases held by Perfect Game. I would put the overall talent level at last year's Richmond event roughly on par with a PG regional event. Hope that helps.

GOOD LUCK!