Northwestern Tips

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It wouldn't hurt to declare your favorite color is purple!

Seriously...someone will pipe up soon I'm sure.

Welcome to the HSBBW xbaseballkidx11. Much success to you in your pursuit.


...purple.

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Some friends have said to be sure to complete the recruit questionnaire on their Web site. Their camps seem to be for the younger kids - we emailed the coach directly with a camp question and got no response.

Also, make sure the player's grades are up to their standard. We have a personal friend whose son had a 4.0 GPA (all honors and AP courses) and a 31 ACT and was turned down. Not an athlete, but the fact remains that NU is really looking for exceptional students who also happen to be athletes.

Good luck!

Ask them where they go to look for potential recruits.

PGStaff- PM for you.

what position do your kids play?

Mainly OF. Can do 3rd or SS though

My son found Northwestern to be the one school that would not respond to anything. Even simple requests such as what camps they will be at or when their camp would take place . The same questions were sent to other schools who responded pretty quickly. Several emails were sent and he never received a response.

Good Luck.

Great school as far as academics, but if you look mid infield I would look closely at the roster.

Why is that 2bagger?

Just an opinion and a suggestion.

Wow! Good point! I thought daddyball was supposed to be over by the time you get to HS.

But I mean what is on their roster at MIF worth looking at?

#3 Stevens, Trevor S/R IF/OF

#4 Stevens, Cody R/R IF

#5 Paul Stevens - Head Coach

I believe that is what 2bagger wanted you to look at.

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Originally posted by floridafan:
Wow! Good point! I thought daddyball was supposed to be over by the time you get to HS.

At many schools, the kids of coaches go for free, therefore the coach doesn't use up a scholarship. Seen it happen several times, last time at another Big10 school, Penn State.

Ah, I see. Thank you for the heads up

xbaseballkidx11

You have a PM

I'd be interested to know if the coaches' sons at those schools receive significant playing time, the coach wouldn't be questioned by others for "daddyball"? I know the best players have to play, but seems like it could be a lose-lose situation?

NOt hard to figure out playing time. Go to the team's stats. Trevor Stevens played a lot last year, and his stats fit in reasonably well with the other players. Maybe a little below par on fielding, but decent offensively, with OBP fitting in well with his teammates. That one can't be fudged much by scoring biases. As always, its not easy if your dad is the coach.