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The two posts before me make a good point. Wait until your on the varsity. No college coach will look at you on the JV level.

Since you are in high school, you can start going to college camps, or showcases. These will help you get "noticed" by college scouts and/or coachs.

I was a freshman in high school last year, and played on the varsity; I started going to college camps and showcases just to get my name out there. I started getting letters from various colleges, some big, some small. Just recently, I went to a college camp, and the pitching coach had already seen me pitch three times. So point being, you really never know whos watching, or where you'll get noticed.

Keep working hard, you'll get there.
I would wait until you play varsity ball as well.Obviously,if your coach "plays his son" or the "top financial donor" and you sit the bench,that's a different situation.

When you do go to camps,make sure you are in the best shape possible.Make sure in the weeks(and more importantly,months)leading up the event,you have been doing plenty of sprints and weight lifting workouts. Always hustle on and off the field,run every ground ball out,and never hang your head after an error.Coaches and Scouts look to see how you will respond after you boot a ball. Also, don't neglect how important your eating habits are to your performance.

My best advice is try a local camp or two. They are far cheaper then traveling far distances,and are the way to go for first time showcase players. After that,see if you can maybe go to an area code tryout.It is "invite only",but if your coach knows an area scout they can get you in. Down the road,perfect game is great. Its expensive,but it is ran very well and great for exposure assuming you perform well. Another bit of advice I`d suggest is to take the SAT/ACT as early as possible. One big 12 school was telling me(at the camp I went to)that they had some players who got full ride scholarships with the baseball program on academics alone because they got a 23 or higher on the ACT. They look for players like that because they can add players,even if only bench guys,while saving the limited baseball scholarships they have for others.

Hope that helps a little bit

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