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Also, are there any other strong academic D3 schools in the West similar to the academics of the Claremont Colleges?
redsox,
I am not sure how extensively they recruit outside California, but Pomona-Pitzer usually has some diversity of players from around the nation.
When you ask about the "West" for D3, that could be be either the West Coast or the D3 West Region.
For the West Region of the NCAA D3, that is all of the West Coast from Washington to California and then extending East to Texas and Arkansas. The West Region of D3 is extremely large.
Looking at the athletic and baseball mixture, P-P would be near the top and so would Trinity, Tx.
The former is more selective from an admissions standard perspective; the latter has been more successful on the baseball fields for the past number of years.
Both recruit very good baseball players and very, very good students.
With Chapman joining the SCIAC, P-P's ability to get to the post season will be challenged.
The other schools mentioned in this thread have wonderful academics. There could be pretty wide variables on the baseball and recruiting aspects.
On the baseball side, Millsaps in Jackson, Mississippi has a terrific program and Rhodes, in Memphis, is very solid and on the step of breaking into National recognition.
If you wanted to limit the search to the West Coast, for baseball and very good to top academics, I think the previous posters have provided very good information to combine with your background on the C-M schools.