Please Identify Your Son

This was such a great thread

James Rubino  LHP 2017

Just signed National Letter of Intent to play at

Seton Hall University Class of 2021

Go Pirates!

Great!  You should update his PG profile to post his commitment!  Awesome school!

We have a friend who's son pitches at Richmond. Matt Olson. Great kid. 

Carter Jones 2017 MIF, Muskingum University

 My son was cut his sophomore and junior year of high school but stuck with it working with his summer coach and now will be starting at 2nd base for his senior year in high school and then on to Muskingum. I have read a ton of good advice on here especially dealing with those 2 years of disappoint for him.

Dylan Schneider

Soph Pitcher at UT Arlington.  36+ innings last year 2.70 ERA / 32K / 12BB / 0 HR

37-3 in high school with sub 1.00 ERA and 300+ K's w/ 32BB

Cooper Schneider (5'8" 145) CF/3rd/2nd in order of preference, but as he says my position is "hitter". 

13U playing for Dallas Mustangs 13U-White.  Will be playing 14U schedule this year.

Brandon Smith 2013  Tennessee Tech RHP

Austin Smith 2014 Tennessee Tech RHP

Jonathan Smith 2016 Tufts University RHP

Ethan Smith 2018  Vanderbilt University RHP

bacdorslider posted:

Brandon Smith 2013  Tennessee Tech RHP

Austin Smith 2014 Tennessee Tech RHP

Jonathan Smith 2016 Tufts University RHP

Ethan Smith 2018  Vanderbilt University RHP

Like Like Like Like

Jose E Varela

2017 MIF - Committed Saint Johns River State College..6'2 185...good looking like his dad

Somerset Academy - Pembroke Pines FL - starting shortstop 

Younger sister also a MIF, fast pitch softball class of 2019.  Will probably also study and play in Florida.  

bacdorslider posted:

Brandon Smith 2013  Tennessee Tech RHP

Austin Smith 2014 Tennessee Tech RHP

Jonathan Smith 2016 Tufts University RHP

Ethan Smith 2018  Vanderbilt University RHP

Wow, impressive!

A family full of pitchers. 

Joseph Messina

MIF, S/R, 2019- Brookline NH

Great idea!

Ty Metzger 2019, MIF/P.  

Davison hs, michigan

5'9" 135#

Tyler Vandemark 2017 OF/Utility  5'11" 180  Gregori HS Modesto CA.  Recently committed to be a Willamette University Bearcat in Salem, Oregon.

sunwalkingvalley posted:

Tyler Vandemark 2017 OF/Utility  5'11" 180  Gregori HS Modesto CA.  Recently committed to be a Willamette University Bearcat in Salem, Oregon.

Congrats!  We toured Willamette a couple years back with our 2017 -  great school, beautiful campus. I see that the Bearcats are making a trip south this spring.  If they keep that up our boys will be playing against each other before long.

Congrats, Sun Walking!  Great conference and great school (and that's coming from a Whitman alum!)

smokeminside posted:

Congrats, Sun Walking!  Great conference and great school (and that's coming from a Whitman alum!)

Thanks Smoke, we thought he might end up in the NESCAC at Wesleyan where a lot of other sons are being recruited.  That was oh so close but didnt work out.  He spent a weekend at Willamette and loved it.  He was offered at Trinity Texas, and thought he would be a tiger.  He visited SA Texas and realized how much he loved Willamette even though Trinity has an awesome baseball program and coaching staff, he ultimately picked the school that he would love if baseball was taken out of the picture.  We are very excited.  They are a very young team with some talent that should grow together in the next few years.

sending you a PM, Sun.

My oldest plays for the Upstate Mavz,  class of 2019,  LHP/OF.   He played in his first PG event last summer, the 15U WWBA and was effective (1ER, 1 BB & 7Ks).     He is a late bloomer physically, but he is working his tail off to get bigger and stronger.    Lots of PG tournaments coming this summer!

Jake Hall, Hackettstown High School in NJ, Class of 2017

2016 stats:

.455avg 10HR 37RBI 1.045 slugging pct, set single season record for homeruns in his school and second in the state in homeruns

Committed to County College of Morris

 Great site thank you for all your help.    Michael Morris 2017 Cherokee Trail high school  Aurora Colorado, shortstop 6 foot 170 pounds  35 Act score 

Ryley Gilliam 2015 Sophomore RHP Clemson University

2017 Summer League Team: Hyannis HarborHawks

Bigbigote in CO posted:

 Great site thank you for all your help.    Michael Morris 2017 Cherokee Trail high school  Aurora Colorado, shortstop 6 foot 170 pounds  35 Act score 

Congrats! That ACT score will do a lot more for his college opportunities than any baseball skills. Well done.

Kyle Shimp 2015 Red-shirt Freshman LHP University of Iowa.  

Brad Littleton  2016 freshman RHP  Indiana University    

Interesting to read through this thread 13 years later, it was pretty interesting. I hope your guys' sons had a good career!

Thanks to all of the parents/players who have helped my son by sharing their knowledge and experiences! Luke La Flam, 2018 RHP/OF, Grandview High School, Uncommitted

My son has always struggled with command and has never been on anyone's radar despite having a strong arm (hit 88 at PBR event in Feb). Thanks to working with Lantz Wheeler (thanks also go out to Jason Hirsch and current HS pitching coach), he has made one of the most dramatic mid-season turnarounds that I could have ever imagined possible. His command and confidence right now are at an all-time high. He is excited to attend a couple of showcases this summer and show that he can hit that magical 90MPH number with command! 

Thanks again to all of you who take the time to share your knowledge and experience!!!!

Some amazing stats on here.  Families that breed athletes!  So one family had 4 pitchers go to good schools.  Amazing.

I like this thread so I am going to toss my kid on here!

Tristan Ament  Class of 2020

Catcher/LF-  Currently hitting .600 for Travel and .333 for JV ball.  Looking forward to some of our first PG events and some showcasing.

Camden Guarnere

2019 RHP/Utility  

Barbers Hill HS (Houston metro area)

5'11" 155 lbs.

proudhesmine posted:

Brad Littleton  2016 freshman RHP  Indiana University    

Our boys should play against each other this year...

Bigbigote in CO posted:

 Great site thank you for all your help.    Michael Morris 2017 Cherokee Trail high school  Aurora Colorado, shortstop 6 foot 170 pounds  35 Act score 

Where did your boy end up?

Michael is at the University of California at Santa Barbara studying engineering. He had a 45 min tryout with the Gauchos but they didn't pay attention to to 6 kids and just had them hit in the cages.  He is over it and is buried in classwork.   I guess it was meant to end but he has such great talent its too bad. 

Congrats!  I have a son at UCSB as well.  He started in engineering, decided that wasn't his passion, took a year off to travel the world and now he's back as an Econ major. 

He did have one friend who played and enjoyed club baseball at UCSB so maybe that's worth looking at?  The surf club is also pretty cool.

JCG posted:

Congrats!  I have a son at UCSB as well.  He started in engineering, decided that wasn't his passion, took a year off to travel the world and now he's back as an Econ major. 

He did have one friend who played and enjoyed club baseball at UCSB so maybe that's worth looking at?  The surf club is also pretty cool.

I second this... had a kid from our program join the UCSB club team and LOVED it.  They played in a lot of nice places, too.  FAR less time commitment, I'm guessing could be done as an engineering major.

Dax Dathe is my son  

2019 SS at Stony Point High School in Round Rock, Tx. 

Committed to The University of Houston. 

Worst mistake he/we ever made 

proudhesmine posted:

Worst mistake he/we ever made 

Huh?

proudhesmine posted:

Brad Littleton  2016 freshman RHP  Indiana University    

Are you talking about this being the worst mistake he ever made?

Edit

Since his mom was a mortal he did not develop my true flame throwing capacity, but I was proud of him nonetheless.