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Hiflier

Dont worry about the other guys!!!

If you are getting unsolicited letters that is a great start

Not everyone gets calls right out of the box on July 1 !

Have you showcased?
Are you on a high profile travel team?
Do you have a true and realistic idea as to where your talent lies?

Just keep plugging away and it will happen
I guess I've done about all I can. I went to my first showcase (Perfect Game) and did O.K. but not my best. I was selected to play in a showcase(Baseball Coaches Association Super 100). I played travel ball last fall but can't this summer because my high school coach doesn't want me to. Instead I am going to some D1 college camps. I know I can play college ball but I am not sure about the level. I've been told by some that I can play at the D1 level which I would really like to do but don't know if they were just telling me what I wanted to hear. My dream is to play in the SEC but I figure they have it pinned down already who they want and have called them. I have gotten a couple of unsolicited letters from SEC schools.
HiFLier -

Since you don't know where you fall, may I suggest you contact "Bama Bomber: one of our moderators on these boards who is from your home state.

He can himself, or he can hook you up with someone who can assest your talent levels and suggest to you at what Division you should target your recruiting to.. But be prepared for them to be brutally honest.
TRHit, I have responded to the mail I have received. I have also sent out letters to some colleges of all levels that I might be interested in and have returned all questionaires sent by them. I am waiting to see my Perfect Game profile rating but it is not up yet. That may give me an idea of the level of play I can expect at the college level. I guess I will just have to be patient.
You are in the same place as my son....just opposite coasts, and different conference interest. There are some excellent articles on this site, in particular one regarding July 1st...you should read it....if you haven't already, and others dealing with the recruitment process...just lots of information that has answered some of his questions. He just attended his first PG Showcase, and like you, has to play summer ball for his HS team. It sounds as if you are doing the right things and you have a good attitude... as I tell my son, something will come of it all...he is not amoung the top 200 players in the nation..so "heavily recruited" is not going to happen...but he is a very good ball player...and, as with you, has had letters from several schools....just keep playing hard, be pro-active, and...if you could spare some of that patience....there is a kid in Arizona who could use some. Thank you!
As a parent of a son who had a pretty similar experience to yours last year, I agree that you're doing the right things.

I know all too well that it is hard to be patient and it's also hard to keep your spirits up when you keep hearing about the recruiting that other players are getting, but that information also helps you to stay realistic, expand your options and consider lots of different possibilities. The letters will keep you optimistic!

When you get those unsolicited letters, find out as much as you can about the schools both from an athletic and an academic standpoint, and gradually you can start to focus on a range of schools that might work: from ones where you are definitely wanted for baseball, to ones where you might fit academically/socially even if the baseball is only a long shot. Depending on your grades and scores, money issues and your personal preferences about location, size of school, etc., try to identify different types of schools--whether D1, D2, or D3, and JUCOs--that might work for you. Everyone has a first choice, but that doesn't mean that you can't be happy at any number of different schools.

When my son wasn't hearing from his first choice schools, the search expanded to a lot of D3 schools, and those got really active in the fall of his senior year. He had three official visits in the late fall and winter. At the end of the day--the last week of April to be precise!--he had several close decisions to make, any of which would have worked really, really well--a D3, a small D1 with scholarship, and a D1 as a walkon. What he chose is less important than the fact that in fact he had a really hard time deciding because each one offered something very special.

Best of luck and realize that the recruiting season really IS months and months long. Hang in there, there are TONS of players in your exact position, every year!

Keep the board posted, as you can see there are incredibly helpful people out there ready to lend their ideas and expertise.
Hey hiflier I'm in the same situation as you too. No real interest from anyone and no calls. One of the top players in our area didn't get a call for 3 weeks and now he's going to Northern Illinois(D1), and another from my team didn't get a call until the fall but is also heading to a D1 school. So just wait, hopefully it will work out for both of us.

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