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I posted this in the Recruiting Forum, but I wanted to put it here also.

Is there such a thing as Juco soph. recruting? I have been running this around in my head for a month or so. My kid is going into his soph. year at Div. 1 Juco and now has ideas of going on to a 4 year school with an AA degree.

I was reading the thread about showcases and age limits and was thinking that there are no showcases for these boys.

It seems to me at this point that the only way a kid can go on to another school is via thier juco coach. Am I wrong? Do any 4 year schools actively recruit Juco Sophs? I remember last fall there was a "scout day"

I look at some schools rosters and theyare full of juco transfers and others have no transfers.

Do we go about getting on a 4 year school's baseball team through marketing him? I mean letters, phone calls, etc?

I'm feeling somewhat pinched because I know the clock doesn't stop. Come next Janury or Feb. those applications have to be in to that next school.

Any one have any past experience with this? I am not talking about NCAA transfer rules, we have been through
that already on this message board. Surely it doesn't depend on Luck. I want to learn how to be pro-active and help my kid find a good school for his next 2 years of college. Help. Talk to me.
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I don't know if this helps but 2 of my sons teammates signed after playing summer ball last year. They will both be juniors this upcoming year. One is a pitcher and the other is both an outfielder and pitcher. Neither played an excepitional amount last year as a freshman. Both played in a wood bat league last summer and was scouted by 4-year schools and both signed in the early signing period.
I seem to recall reading about a showcase for juco players somewhere on this web site, but don't know where to start to look for it.
Outfield makes a good point about the usefullness of summer teams.

My son transfered after the fall of his soph. JUCO year. They were in desperate need of a 2nd baseaman (which he played in JUCO) and he was in desperate need of a school in that geological area.

He played 2nd for them that spring and they planned to keep him there and recruited a young man to play short for the the following year.

During the summer he played short (which he played in hs) and had a great summer. In the fall they told the two boys they would be competing for short and my son ended up starting every game at short.

Funny thing - they had their roster all figured out until he played that summer..

Every time you play the game remember someone might be looking.

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