Romeoville Showcase Event

Hi,

Just wondering if you can tell me what schools have agreed to attend the showcase.

Thanks.

Every college coach has been invited in the tri state area. Here are the schools as of now:

Polk State College(Florida)
College of DuPage
Northwestern University
College of Lake County
Lewis University
Triton College
Oakton College
Chicago State
UIC
Quincy University
Aurora University
Blackburn College
Concordia Univ.
Bradley University
Illinois State
Dominican University

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I signed up my son because University of Illinois will be there

Spartan,
Good luck to your son. Now it's up to you and Junior to make sure that Illinois knows your son will be there so that he is on the list of potential recruits they want to look at.

Just going to a showcase is not assurance of exposure. The more you can do to develop the relationship before the recruiter scouts Junior, the more critical the evaluation will be.

Thanks for the advice. This our first time through this though we have had friends experience the process. We emailed UIC, Illinois and few of the other colleges to let them know that he will be there. Hopefully he does well, there seems there will be many coaches to impress!!

Myself being a naive parent makes me ask this question.

I would like to introduce myself to all the college coaches at the showcase, but I do not want to come off as a "little league parent" or an annoying father. I feel it is important to meet and converse with the men who would possibly/potentially coach my son.

The question is, should I approach the coaches or should I just let my son introduce himself?

Any advice would be appreciated.

You may get some differing opinions, but my answer is no, stay in the background. Let junior go up and introduce himself on his own. It takes a sort of "stifle yourself" demeanor, I know, I had to do it, but it's for the best.

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Originally posted by SpartanBaseball2010:

The question is, should I approach the coaches or should I just let my son introduce himself?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Spartan, I would agree with CPLZ on this, and recommend that you stay in the background.

I would add that the coaches at these events are working and they are trying to see a lot more kids than just your son. If they want to talk to you, they will find you and talk when it works for them. It could easily work against you if you happened to approach them at a time that they didn't want to talk to you. I recommend that you have fun, soak in the experience, and watch. Watch the players, watch the coaches watch the players, watch the players watch the coaches watching the players. It's an exciting time...enjoy it.

Thanks for the advice! Just hard to stay hands off sometimes!!

hey steve, look forward to seeing you and Ben at the showcase. We'll catch up on Thursday.