It's November. Signing time.
When I was a senior in high school, all my peers were committing, having big signing parties at their high schools and receiving their NLI's. I attended them, happy for them, partied with them. I sat at home with my phone calls and letters and text messages and e-mails from the coaches I had been speaking to and bit my nails. I paced. I couldn't sleep. Because despite having collegiate attention, I had no formal offer that was significant enough for me to jump on, like all my friends had.
The newspaper called once a week, inquisitive about my decision. My high school athletic director would stop me in the hallways asking me if there was any progress. My guidance counselor at school drilled countless schools and scenarios in my head. My aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, family friends...All everyone wanted to know was where I was going to college.
Fall/winter of my senior year of high school was a very stressful time for me. There were several points in time that I felt like I wasn't worthy of playing college baseball; that I felt like I hadn't done enough to put my talents out there. Or maybe I just wasn't talented enough, and senior spring would be my final baseball experience for the rest of my life.
I committed to my current school on February 18th, 2008. I woke up and decided it was time, I wasn't going to be more comfortable anywhere else, and I picked up the phone and called coach. There wasn't a ceremonious parade like I'd envisioned. There was a little blurp in the 6th page of the local sports section, a small ceremony with a few friends and a pizza pie in the College and Career Center at my high school. And life moved on.
My point in this post is for those 2010 players and parents who are out there in the same boat I was in. I have absolutely no regrets waiting and doing things the way I did. Don't jump the gun based on what your peers are doing. Stick to what you believe is right, and go with your gut. I couldn't be happier where I am right now and wouldn't trade the process for anything in the world.
Good luck to those who are embarking into the recruiting world and I hope everyone finds the right place for them.
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