TCS post grad

I can’t speak to the program but my son knows 2 2019s who have recently committed there. Both Texas kids.

If you want him to postgrad, just know that he is not getting another year and a half to get recruited. He will have from June - October to get an offer from a D1/D2 school where money is involved. I'm not saying it can be done, but most of the P5s/fully funded schools have their 2020 classes set, so it will be mostly mid majors and lower level D1s with limited resources still looking for 2020s. 

On that note. The increase in velo is good, but if he is just hitting 85 I would assume he hovers around 81-85. Unless he seems to be a real late bloomer trending towards 90, those  numbers are going to be tough to warrant a scholarship offer. I'm not saying those numbers won't impress coaches, but maybe not what you're looking for. 

At the end of the day, your son is a good student who can get into a lot of schools without baseball. If the D3s are expensive and don't have much appeal, going JUCO might not be the worst option. I know it does not appeal to everybody but if you really see him as a late bloomer, it could be very beneficial and open a lot of doors. Yeah he will have credits, but he can also work around that by switching up majors or possibly even graduating early and moving on to a 4 year. 

Truthfully, by post grading a year he might be playing for a scholarship that isn't out there. If your son is not interested in the current options there is nothing wrong with applying to school as a regular student and trying his luck as a walk-on. I'm sure he will run into some academic $$ as well. Either way it is up to him. Does he want D1 for baseball? D1 without baseball? Best academic school? Cheapest school? Closest? Find out which types of schools he is interested in or at the very least would consider and then go from there. 

I am pretty familiar with the TCS postgrad program.  A kid that I coached is there currently.  Send me a PM if you want specifics but a couple of things come to mind.  First of all, the kids that advance out of that program almost exclusively go to Texas  Junior Colleges.  With your sons academic credentials he will have a hard time finding a Texas  JUCO that offers a curriculum that will keep him on pace with his classwork.  Your son really fits the profile of a HA D3 recruit.  D3s in Texas are almost all private (UTD is a notable exception) but they all offer a lot of academic money. True cost is often comparable to public state universities.  Look at Trinity in San Antonio, Southwestern in Georgetown, and UTD.  A year at TCS postgrad would help your son on the baseball side of the equation - but not enough to justify the academic lapse.  I would pursue the D3 schools that have shown interest plus the ones I mentioned.  Just my opinion.

I know it's not what you asked about, but have you talked to any of the expensive HA D3s? Many can get the tuition down to a comparable number to an in-state public university. Might be too late to apply to some, but certainly not all.

MidAtlanticDad posted:

I know it's not what you asked about, but have you talked to any of the expensive HA D3s? Many can get the tuition down to a comparable number to an in-state public university. Might be too late to apply to some, but certainly not all.

Thank you. We have looked some. We are too late for many of the better scholarships. We will keep checking. Thanks again.

PABaseball posted:

If you want him to postgrad, just know that he is not getting another year and a half to get recruited. He will have from June - October to get an offer from a D1/D2 school where money is involved. I'm not saying it can be done, but most of the P5s/fully funded schools have their 2020 classes set, so it will be mostly mid majors and lower level D1s with limited resources still looking for 2020s. 

On that note. The increase in velo is good, but if he is just hitting 85 I would assume he hovers around 81-85. Unless he seems to be a real late bloomer trending towards 90, those  numbers are going to be tough to warrant a scholarship offer. I'm not saying those numbers won't impress coaches, but maybe not what you're looking for. 

At the end of the day, your son is a good student who can get into a lot of schools without baseball. If the D3s are expensive and don't have much appeal, going JUCO might not be the worst option. I know it does not appeal to everybody but if you really see him as a late bloomer, it could be very beneficial and open a lot of doors. Yeah he will have credits, but he can also work around that by switching up majors or possibly even graduating early and moving on to a 4 year. 

Truthfully, by post grading a year he might be playing for a scholarship that isn't out there. If your son is not interested in the current options there is nothing wrong with applying to school as a regular student and trying his luck as a walk-on. I'm sure he will run into some academic $$ as well. Either way it is up to him. Does he want D1 for baseball? D1 without baseball? Best academic school? Cheapest school? Closest? Find out which types of schools he is interested in or at the very least would consider and then go from there. 

 

Thank you. Very good advice. He does not want a small school, or a very small town. That might be something that has to give, but it is very important to him. He would like D1/D2 for baseball, mainly since they are bigger schools or in bigger cities. The nicer facilities are probably an appeal as well. Affordability is a concern, but I'm not seeing any kind of major athletic scholarship without a big increase in velocity. He is good at saving his money and knows he will have to pay a good part of TCS if we go that way. It is a huge decision, and going the post grad route does just delay that decision, which isn't necessarily a good thing. I want a good academic school, but the name on the diploma is only one small part of his future success.  Thanks again

Has he looked at the Kansas Jayhawk conference schools (juco)? I understand there are some pretty good baseball programs in that conference. That might be a good place to develop, with a decent path to a 4 year college.

https://www.kjccc.org/sports/bsb/index