NAIA vs D2/D3

It all depends on the program--as in every division there are strong and weak teams--winning programs and losing programs much of this dependent on how much money the school wants to put into the program

Depends on the section of the country too. In some areas, NAIA is strong, in others, it's an after-thought.

How about the NAIA AAC conferance?

AAC: Appalachian Athletic Conference

You can visit http://www.aacsports.com for overall conference news. Good conference, a bit under the regions D2s, but very competitive. Some beautiful campuses and good schools.

There seems to be a bit of a break between the top and the bottom of the conference as far as competitiveness. Milligan, Union, Tennessee Wesleyan, King College, Montreat and Brevard are all generally very competitive with each other. The other teams in the conference ... well, they haven't been too good recently.

Brevard and Milligan both have new head coaches, as both promoted one of their assistants to the head job this fall. King College replaced their HC over the summer, Bryan College has a new pitching coach.

It's a conference in flux to a degree. Very hard to predict. I would also suggest that you check out the following website ... NAIA Baseball Net (with Message Board)

Good luck in your search.

Thanks, Blufield has new coach also, came from UVA -Wise.
Anyone else have any thoughts or comments on this subject. Would an scholarship offer from one of these schools be worth persuing from a competitive prospective?

The Trans South is a better conference probably as far as a total strength of each team. NAIA baseball is good! There are teams that are not very good but that is at every level. It is very comparable to D2 and JUCO ball.

As in NCAA D1/D2/D3 there are good and not as good programs. A lot has to do with the conference the school plays in, as well as their non conference schedule. I would say that here in the midwest NAIA competition is very comparable to the NCAA D2 level of play. As for what the Recruiting Coach may have been referring to is that there are actually D1 & D2 NAIA schools but I believe this breakdown is only used for mens and womens basketball. You can see this on the website, naia.org.

From my experiences playing NAIA..

As a whole NAIA is the same as DII.

I play in the NAIA and we play numerous DII and DIII schools across the country and overall DII and NAIA are equal. We played some strong DIII teams and those were games that were played well. Any games we played against average level DIII teams weren't as well played. That being said there were a few DIII schools that we played against that were above average. Playing DII schools the games were hard fought and pretty much equal talent wise. There are however always going to be stronger and weaker teams in any division.

There are however a few, a small select few NAIA that can compare to DI. Cumberland, and Lewis & Clark are 2 that instantly come to mind.

Thanks Doc K Kid,
It was good to hear an opinion from someone who is currently playing NAIA. Good luck at Urbana.
My son has been offered a spot on a D2 School team (some academic money)maybe with the chance to start his first or second year. He has also been offered a spot at a NAIA school (some athletic money) and been told he would be a 4 year starter. So I was wondering about level of competition. Only problem is the difference in distance from our home. D2 is fairly close, which allows us (parents) the oppertunity to see most home games, NAIA is alot further away so we could only see a few ( a couple of weekends only). So travel expenses would be 5X greater if he attended the NAIA school. Both programs are in a rebuilding process, both have new coaching staffs. Haven't visited the NAIA school yet (going next week), just wanted to get a feel before we made the trip to see if it was worth while. I guess it will depend on 1. if son likes school, 2, if he likes the coaching staff/team/program 3. If they offer him enough scholarship money to offeset the extra expenses a little.

Just looked up the schools on the NAIA college schedule that we are looking at, they play a mixture or DII, DIII and NAIA schools. So that pretty much answers my questions,Thanks