The average student-athlete handling a tough major and trying to play high-level college baseball almost would leave one of the two holding the bag.
Whomever can do both, is SUPERMAN!!
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quote:Originally posted by OLDSLUGGER8:
the best response so far......YOU CAN'T
Nonsense and I can give you a pretty good example...well, he's a rocket scientist but I think that probably counts too. Dare to dream!
You can try.
Then you will find out for sure.
BTW - Superman was also a pretty good newspaper reporter.
Then you will find out for sure.
BTW - Superman was also a pretty good newspaper reporter.
Bottom line--if you want to be the best at what you do you want to devote 110% of you time at it--and it matters not what you choose for your path in life--you need to expend your energy on it
If I understand the point of the original post, I disagree with the point completely. One 2004 graduate of Stanford completed a double major in 3 years, started for 4 years, went to Omaha 3 times and is pursuing professional baseball. Chris Minaker from Stanford is a candidate for a Rhodes scholarship and just received an NCAA postgraduate academic scholarship.
If you are going to college to focus on baseball, IMO, wrong focus. Not only can you do both the baseball and the academics, most schools expect you to do both, and that seems to be a pretty reasonable expectation for the college to have.
If you are going to college to focus on baseball, IMO, wrong focus. Not only can you do both the baseball and the academics, most schools expect you to do both, and that seems to be a pretty reasonable expectation for the college to have.
quote:Originally posted by infielddad:
If I understand the point of the original post, I disagree with the point completely. One 2004 graduate of Stanford completed a double major in 3 years, started for 4 years, went to Omaha 3 times and is pursuing professional baseball. Chris Minaker from Stanford is a candidate for a Rhodes scholarship and just received an NCAA postgraduate academic scholarship.
If you are going to college to focus on baseball, IMO, wrong focus. Not only can you do both the baseball and the academics, most schools expect you to do both, and that seems to be a pretty reasonable expectation for the college to have.
what an exceptional young man!
I know Chris personally and to add a couple things, he went to Stanford on an academic scholly, i do not believe he got any baseball money.
To quote my son "Chris Minaker may be the nicest kid on the planet"
He is an exceptional young man!!
catchersdad
To quote my son "Chris Minaker may be the nicest kid on the planet"
He is an exceptional young man!!
catchersdad
quote:Originally posted by catchersdad:
I know Chris personally and to add a couple things, he went to Stanford on an academic scholly, i do not believe he got any baseball money.
To quote my son "Chris Minaker may be the nicest kid on the planet"
He is an exceptional young man!!
catchersdad
I know him too and your are 110% right! Chris may be President some day if he wants to be.
Just,
While I have your attention and the topic has swung to exceptional young men.Please know your family also is in our hearts and minds as your exceptional son goes thru his recovery.It is easy to see why he has turned out so magnificently .
Our best wishes to him!
catchersdad
While I have your attention and the topic has swung to exceptional young men.Please know your family also is in our hearts and minds as your exceptional son goes thru his recovery.It is easy to see why he has turned out so magnificently .
Our best wishes to him!
catchersdad
Thank you. 
I also have met and talked with Chris and he is definetly one of the best guys you could be around. At one point at Stanford he had a 4.0 GPA while playing. Good to see he is going to be a mariner.
Great thoughts about the challenges of combining academics and baseball. One correction though...Stanford does not have academic scholarships. Why award academic money when you have over 25,000 applicants with a gpa of 4.0 and an old SAT of 1,600 for 1,500 openings? A Stanford player might receive some need based aid, but not academic.
ElDad - But many (maybe most?) DO have academic scholarships from outside sources.
You're right, a scholarship from Stanford would be either need-based or athletic, not academic merit. They don't award them that way.
I know another Stanford player who has close to a 4.0 at Stanford too, majoring in math and computer sciences. Got straight As during the spring quarter despite all the travel and practices and games. No tutoring or academic help needed, either. But, he has a brilliant DAD and therefore good genes, and works his tail off...
It is possible, but it is NOT easy.
I know another Stanford player who has close to a 4.0 at Stanford too, majoring in math and computer sciences. Got straight As during the spring quarter despite all the travel and practices and games. No tutoring or academic help needed, either. But, he has a brilliant DAD and therefore good genes, and works his tail off...
It is possible, but it is NOT easy.
quote:...another Stanford player who has close to a 4.0 at Stanford too, majoring in math and computer sciences.
Yeah, and we'd like to hire him too!
