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Please help. This is a serious question as my son has a serious interest in this. He is a good player with good grades.

What are the BEST Texas Jucos or CC's? To qualify what I am looking for in the "BEST", which have a combination of the best BB, greatest potential (and history) for advancement to the Div 1 level AND the best academics.

In keeping with the "Best & Worst" of the year (that the media loves to talk about) can I get some feedback on the best & worst of these programs, coaches, conferences. etc.

Thanks
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Here's link to www.njcaa.com for Texas... There are 2 Regions in Texas...

http://www.njcaa.org/findcollege_region-results.cfm?regionid=14

http://www.njcaa.org/findcollege_region-results.cfm?regionid=5


You can also search njcaa by sport...
In my opinion, these have "traditionally" had good to great programs, inclusive of academic prep, coaches, & baseball... ( in no particular order). Pull out the green tab here on this site for lots more info in Recruiting Tips, Articles, etc.

1. San Jacinto North
2. Navarro
3. Weatherford
4. Grayson
5. Lon Moris

Hope this helps! Just do lots of research & learn all you can! Visit the websites, contact coaches, visit schools, talk to alumni, check to see which 4 yr. schools the kids transfer to, etc.
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Weatherford hands down...good coaches, great facilities, good academics
son just finished first semester there and had a great semester...very student oriented...great location...we are very pleased that he is there...

I would NOT recommend Clarendon as previous poster did. Eldest son attended there. Baseball is okay but you don't go there to go to school unless you had trouble in high school. No advanced classes. Small town with nothing for kids to do. Dorms are the pits. My affectionate name for it was Po-Dunk College. Son did not like it either. Best thing I can say about it was he met alot of kids from all over the country and globe. His roommate was Australian and they got along great. BTW, roommate left and went to school in California as he didn't like it either.
In greater Dallas, Richland & Eastfield have won the D3 JUCO WS this decade. Both schools show a nice history of promoting their kids to 4 year schools.

Cedar Valley JC is an improving program in the same district as Richland & Eastfield.

Note: Stealin Second is hands down, the VERY best source for information on NCTC baseball. He is closely associated with the program there.
even the kids who played at Clarendon didn't like it...nearly all of them left for one reason or another after my son was there...they only had 5 or so return the next year...some went to other JUCOs, some were drafted, and some went to D1s so yes, everyone's experience was different but its still a Po-Dunk school no matter how you look at it...when you have more remedial classes offered in your course catalog than even the basic classes like Algebra, there's something wrong. Maybe they've changed in the past year but I doubt it.
I have a daughter that attends "a major 4 year state institution" and they offer remedial classes.

In fact, sad as it is, there are a huge number of kids graduating from High School with good enough grades (top 10%) and SAT Scores to get into UT, TAMU or Tech but still lack the basic math or english skills necessary to pass the THEA test.

And my mistake on NCTC, my oldest daughter attneds there, and she told me a year or two ago they were going to a 4 year plan soon. Thought they instituted it.
I know all schools offer the remedials, its just that Clarendon seemed to have a really high percentage of them listed in their course catalog. Our son had a really hard time finding classes he could take that would transfer anywhere (he attended another jr college prior to attending Clarendon). Youngest son is at Weatherford and one thing we really like about it is the large variety of classes offered. Guess its all about what you are looking for in a school. Clarendon may be a really good fit for some people but it wasn't for our son. At that time, his desire to play baseball out weighed all other factors.
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I highly recommend you consider Paris JC in Paris, TX. My son just finished his freshman Fall season there and loves it. He's looking forward to Spring. The team is very competitive and the coaches are of the highest integrity. This school was recommended to me by a friend who was an assistant there several years ago. They will be having tryouts for HS Seniors on Jan. 16th. Here's a link if you want to check it out. This page also shows a number of players recently signed to NCAA D1 programs.
Paris JC Baseball

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