MARIETTA

My son has had alot of interest from the Marrietta coach, however his desire is a MAC school as first choice.
Not knowing the process well, we got off to a late start with getting his name out,he is currently a senior and played HS football instead of fall ball (which he did not regret, had an incredable football experience)so he did not get to be seen until a winter camp, now must wait till the next signing period in Spring to see if some MAC schools will offer. I've encouraged him to apply to Marietta and some DII's in the meantime. Of course he would like to go as far as possible with baseball, so you feel Marrietta would be a good opportunity? I know their academics are great!

If he wants to attend school in the Fall of '05 he had better apply now...Alot of deadlines coming soon. If he misses the school of his choice or a school doesn't suit him, he will miss out. He should be looking at schools to apply to now that are an academic fit...playing baseball for them may be another story.

Apply, Apply, Apply...if he receives no interest in the MAC, he can walk on.

Good Luck!

Marietta is one of the best DIII baseball schools in the country. Go for it. In the meantime, keep up the communication with the MAC schools you are interested in also. But now is the time to cover all your bases.

a real nice small school (1200) in a small city setting on a couple of rivers
tho a new coach, they usually recruited a pretty big class and whittle it from about 45+ to 35 by spring.
some pretty good players have come out of Marrietta, and tho there isn't much competition in their conference (OAC), they'll fortunatly schedule a better non conf schedule

there's a world of difference between a small 1200+ student body & all of the MAC schools - and the conferences are in different worlds

stone, get out to some winter workouts (mini showcase) in your area or Golden's in Columbus

there are 6 MAC schools in Ohio and if you're on track with the ncaa clearing house and are an instate student admission should be a breeze

Stone........probably a little late but Miami U. has a Prospect Clinic tomorrow (12/29) in Oxford. Check the baseball website for each of the MAC schools to see what opportunities for prospects might be coming up in the next month or so.

Thanks for the advice. We've been sending out our letters this week and applying to other schools. Just wish I would have stumbled on this web site last year, it has everything we needed to know. I know alot of camps are on the weeks of Christmas break, he got to attend one. We'll just keep working on it!
We are impressed with Marietta, good to hear about the school.

I saw this post a month ago and wanted to respond. Sorry I couldn't at that time. Marietta is one of the top DIII programs in the country. A very strong program with a sound coaching staff. Nice campus and Marietta is a nice town.